India, July 25 -- India will have sustained transmission in different areas at different points in time, says leading epidemiologist Giridhar R. Babu.

New Delhi: Giridhar R. Babu, a leading epidemiologist in India and Professor and Head Life Course Epidemiology at the Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI), spoke to The Sunday Guardian on the progress of the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic in India and what it is likely to be the road ahead. Excerpts:

Q: As India currently has over 1.3 million Covid-19 positive cases, can we say that we have now reached the peak of infection?

A: I think this is a myth that there will be a nationwide peak and then it will come down. The reason I say this is because the varying numbers of Covid-19 po...