Prolonged lockdown will kill many hungry people: NR Narayana Murthy
- IndiaGlitz, [Thursday,April 30 2020]
Infosys founder NR Narayana Murthy has expressed his anti-lockdown views. The respected industry leader is of the view that prolonged lockdown will lead to hunger deaths, whose number will be higher than the deaths due to Covid-19. That's reason enough to lift the lockdown.
“Deaths due to hunger will far outweigh deaths due to coronavirus. Get able-bodied people to work. Let the vulnerable be in self-isolation, he said on Thursday.
India’s mortality rate of 0.25-0.5% of total positive cases was very low compared with the developed countries, he was quoted as saying by Economic Times.
Saying that India sees 9 million natural deaths per year, Murthy added that about a quarter of them die due to pollution. The 1000 deaths due to Covid-19 so far pales in comparison, he opined.
India's lower mortality rate due to coronavirus could be due to genetic conditions, warm weather or BCG vaccination, he observed.