Global health experts on Wednesday said novel coronavirus is here to stay for more than a year and called for aggressive testing to prevent its spread.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In an interaction with Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, health experts Professor Ashish Jha and Professor Johan Giesecke talked about the COVID-19 pandemic as part of the series being aired on Congress social media channels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
While Jha exuded confidence that a vaccine will be available in a year\u2019s time, Prof Giesecke said India should practice a lockdown that is as \u2018soft\u2019 as possible, as a severe lockdown will ruin its economy very quickly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhen the economy is opened up after lockdown, you have to create confidence among people,\u201d Harvard health expert Ashish Jha told Gandhi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jha is a professor of Global Health at TH Chan School of Public Health and Director, Harvard Global Health institute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He said coronavirus is a \u201912-18 months\u2019 problem and the world is not going to be free of this till 2021. The expert also called for the need for aggressive testing strategy for high-risk areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Gandhi, while interacting with the experts, said life is going to change post COVID-19. \u201cIf 9\/11 was a new chapter, this will be a new book,\u201d he remarked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Professor Johan Giesecke, former chief scientist, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control said India should have a \u2018soft lockdown\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe situation that India is in, I think, you should have a soft lockdown, as soft as possible,\u201d he said. \u201cI think for India, you will ruin your economy very quickly if you have a severe lockdown. It is better, skip the lockdown, take care of the old and the frail\u2026,\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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