India Might Face Third Wave Sooner If Not Careful

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As a large population, India will have to be vigilant to be not caught in the third wave too soon 




According to a AIIMMS Director, Randeep Guleria has warned that the third wave will come in quicker than expected, unless we keep our security net tight and immunization happens far and wide.

Many countries have prevented the spread and now controlled it to an extend that they can now go mask free. But that has taken some careful planning, strict hygiene protocols to be maintained and no social crowding at all.

India, due to the virtue of having a large population has found it difficult to control the widespread infection in the second wave. We lost an unprecedented number of lives. The medical system could not handle to mass spread and the country’s medical infrastructure had come to a jolting halt.

We cannot afford another such wave again. Apparently, children are at more risk this time that before. Vaccine candidates are trying to get clearance from the WHO to be administered to children too.

But a formal statement by Guleria states that Guleria said in a statement that, India needs to maintain Covid-appropriate behaviour. “If not followed, the third wave can happen in six to eight weeks. We need to work aggressively to prevent another large wave till vaccination kicks in.”

The need of the hour is appropriate vaccination schedules to be met as well.  Again, a national level lockdown is not something the country can afford for a second time. Even the partial lockdowns have meant derailing progress that we have made over the last six months. Epidemiologists have expected the third wave in September-October, unless it hurries in again, if we leave our guards down.

Guleria has also said, there is no evidence to show that children are in danger of being infected in the third wave. 

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