“This implies that the lockdown and containment measures have been successful in preventing rapid spread of the infection,” ICMR director-general Balram Bhargava said in a presentation. Public health experts and virologists said this was fresh evidence for community transmission. But Bhargava said there was no community transmission. “I can’t imagine why anyone would want to deny community transmission. “If the ICMR keeps denying community transmission, it only risks eroding public trust in the organisation,” Jameel said.

Source: The Telegraph June 11, 2020 23:15 UTC