India doesn’t need lockdown, Karnataka does: Virologist A lockdown should be enforced in a state based on scientific data of cases in the past month. Share Via Email | A+A A- An empty BGS Flyover owing to the corona curfew imposed by the State Government, in Bengaluru on Thursday. (Photo | Vinod Kumar T, EPS) Express News Service BENGALURU: Countering a growing demand for a national lockdown, Dr V Ravi, noted virologist and member, Covid Expert Committee, Karnataka, said that India does not need one at this stage of the pandemic, when some states have started plateauing and some are witnessing a late surge.“A lockdown should be enforced in a state based on scientific data of cases in the past month. A national lockdown at a time when states are at varied degree of the surge is neither a solution nor is advisable,” said Dr Ravi, countering the claim of an aggressive national lockdown by top US medical adviser Dr Anthony Fauci.