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Govt says no community transmission of Covid-19 yet, but experts disagree

Emphasising that community transmission was on in many parts of the country, the experts asked the government to admit it so that people don't get complacent

New Delhi: A medics collects samples for swab tests from a COVID-19 mobile testing van, during the nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus, at Ramakrishna Mission area in New Delhi, Saturday, May 2, 2020. (PTI Photo/Manvender Vashist)
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New Delhi: A medics collects samples for swab tests from a COVID-19 mobile testing van, during the nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus, at Ramakrishna Mission area in New Delhi, Saturday, May 2, 2020. (PTI Photo/Manvender Vashist)

Press Trust of India
Amid a massive spurt in coronavirus cases in India, experts on Saturday came down hard on the ICMR for its sero-survey findings to assert that there was no community transmission of Covid-19, saying it was not reflective of the current situation and the government was showing "obstinacy" in accepting the truth.

Emphasising that community transmission was on in many parts of the country, the experts asked the government to admit it so that people don't get complacent.

The assertion by experts from the field of virology, public health and medicine came after Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) Director General