Lockdown in India was early, far-sighted and courageous’: WHO envoy Dr. Nabarro
During an Interview to Sanchita Verma, Health and Science editor of Hindustan times, Dr. Nabarro praised the Indian effort to fight with COVID-19. Some of the main points of Interview are:
- The lockdown in India was quite early, when there were relatively a small number of cases detected. This was really a far-sighted decision because it gave the whole country the opportunity to come to terms with the reality of this enemy. People understood that there is a virus in our midst. It gave time to develop capacities at the local level for interrupting transmission and sorting out hospitals.
- Some countries where that kind of strong action was not taken early on and we see they now have to struggle with the most immense suffering.
