New Delhi: Scientists of India working at a very well-known place predicted the third wave of covid-19 in India.
The Sutra model was created by M Vidyasagar of IIT Hyderabad and Maninda Agrawal of IIT Kanpur – who are members of the National COVID-19 Supermodel Committee said “Third wave is likely to arrive early next year in India. It should be milder than the second wave due to a large-scale immunity present in the country now,”
The Omicron-driven surge is likely to be milder than the second wave, possibly subsiding within a month. However, the projections indicate that cases will dip significantly by April and drop to present levels by May.
The scientist cited India’s ongoing vaccination drive as well as the fact that serosurveys indicate that only a tiny fraction of the population has not come in contact with the Delta variant.
India had begun vaccinating people in January this year, it was only from March 1 that the inoculation drive was opened to the general populace. To date, India has administered nearly 139 crore doses of vaccine. Of these, 55.83 crore individuals are fully vaccinated.
(_Vinayak)