‘Until we reach herd immunity, access to widespread testing is the bedrock of pandemic containment’ May 25, 2021, 8:21 PM IST Several international organisations pitched in to supplement domestic effort to combat the second wave of Covid-19. Rajiv Shah, president, The Rockefeller Foundation, and former USAID head who led the American response during the Obama administration to the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, spoke with Rudroneel Ghosh about what India can do now: How does the world see India’s current surge in Covid cases? India and its health system are now at a critical moment. The extraordinary scale of the second wave in the number of cases, deaths, and economic losses is truly tragic, especially because in India, as it is all around the world, this virus disproportionately afflicts the socio-economically vulnerable. Although vaccinations are underway, inoculations will not be delivered fast enough to stop this latest wave. The Rockefeller Foundation is working closely with several local partners to bolster India’s pandemic response and secure emergency medical relief.