India should consider temporary shutdown to handle its Covid-19 crisis, Fauci says From CNN's Lauren Mascarenhas Health workers install oxygen cylinders for Covid-19 patients at a makeshift hospital in New Delhi on April 30. AP India should consider a temporary shutdown to handle its devastating Covid-19 surge, Dr. Anthony Fauci said. “One of the things to be considered is to temporarily shut down – I mean literally lock down – so that you wind up not having more spread,” Fauci said Friday in an interview with The Indian Express. India reported over 400,000 Covid-19 cases in a single day Friday, breaking a global record.