Crisis will end depending on how the virus and we behave: K Srinath Reddy

We should try and contain the transmission by ensuring that we go out wearing a mask and keep away from ill-ventilated places, says K Srinath Reddy

With India in the grip of a massive Covid health crisis, K Srinath Reddy, president, Public Health Foundation of India, and former head of cardiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, speaks to Nivedita Mookerji on why the country was ill-prepared and what can be done now to tackle the situation. Edited excerpts:

Why did India get caught in the kind of healthcare crisis we are witnessing?

We did not anticipate the second wave, which we should have. We took it for granted that we had herd immunity and that there would be no second wave. That’s why we have