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Second total lockdown needed to fight coronavirus in Spain, says Harvard professor and disease expert

Traffic stop โ€“ lockdown on the A-7 in Marbella this afternoon

A HARVARD professor has said a total lockdown in Spain is needed to effectively fight coronavirus.ย 

Elvis Garcia, a doctor in Public Health and professor of Epidemics at Harvard University, made a string of suggestions on Cadena SER radio.ย 

Garcia said any measure which restricts the movement of people is โ€˜goodโ€™.

However in Spain, stricter measures are needed because the situation has โ€˜gotten out of handโ€™, according to Garcia.ย 

He added that the current situation risks being repeated in April due to a lack of a vaccine. 

โ€œI am of the opinion of imposing a total confinement, but at the same time establishing control strategies,โ€ said Garcia. 

โ€œI mean, tracking and so on. If not, we will be like this all the timeโ€ฆ peak, fall, peak, fallโ€ฆ this is not a strategy.โ€

Garcia said Asian countries have been exemplary in their handling of the pandemic, with many managing to maintain more or less normal living by performing mass testing. 

โ€œAsian countries have shown us that taking tests allows them to lead a fairly normal life,โ€ Garcia said. 

โ€œYou don’t need billions of euros for tracking or a mobile app. Why don’t we do it? Because the Government does not know how to do it. 

โ€œIt is something very new and the same goes for the regional governments.โ€

The expert praised the curfew but insisted a second lockdown was needed. 

โ€œThe curfew is effectiveโ€ฆ but it is not enough to control the entire pandemic… categorically not,โ€ he said. 

โ€œThese measures are not enough and less so with the diverging policies between each autonomous community.โ€

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