Short-term lockdown needed to break COVID chain, he saysClose on the heels of Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy’s assertion that the COVID-19 vaccination for people between 18 and 45 years was expected to start only in September, the former Chief Minister and the Telugu Desam Party national president N. Chandrababu Naidu stressed on the need to start vaccination for people above 18 years of age. Mr. Naidu said there was no other way to combat COVID except vaccination. Tamil Nadu had ordered for 1.5 crore doses while Karnataka and Kerala were procuring 1 crore doses. Referring to the partial curfew, Mr. Naidu called for total lockdown for a limited period in all States and the country in order to break the COVID chain.

Source: The Hindu May 06, 2021 06:58 UTC