Highlight
- Medical agency says the third wave of Covid may not be as severe as the second wave
- The medical body lists four things that can cause a third wave of the third
- Earlier, the chief medical officer said a third wave was an “inevitable inevitability”.
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New Delhi:
The third wave of the Covid virus is likely to hit the country in late August and will likely not be as intense as the second wave, according to Dr Samiran Panda, Head of Epidemiology and Infectious Diseases at the Indian Council of Medical Research. to NDTV.
“There will be a third wave nationwide, but that doesn’t mean it will be as high or as severe as the second wave,” said Dr. Banda told NDTV in an exclusive interview.
He said that four things can cause a third wave. The first is the case where the immunity gained in the first and second wave is due to a decrease in effect. “If it goes down, it could lead to a third wave,” he said.
Second, there may be variants that can bypass acquired immunity. Third – new variants may not be able to pass immunity but can spread rapidly in the population.
Fourth – if countries lift restrictions prematurely, it could lead to a new wave, says Dr. band.
When asked if the alternative in question was Delta Plus, he said that Delta and Delta Plus have swept across the country and “I don’t expect more public health havoc from the Delta version.”
Earlier this week, the Indian Medical Association, the country’s leading medical body, said a third wave was “inevitable,” noting that “in many parts of the country, both the government and the public are complacent and engaged in meetings without following Covid protocols.” “.
The government also said that people took their second wave predictions as seriously as the “weather forecast”.
Earlier today, WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned that the world is in the “early stages” of the third wave of COVID-19, which is being driven by the delta strain of the virus.
The variant, which is now present in more than 111 countries, first appeared in India and was behind the devastating second wave of the virus.
“We hope it will soon become the dominant strain of COVID-19 circulating around the world if it hasn’t already,” the WHO chief said.
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