Opinions differ on Covid-19 3rd wave!

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Published By : Prameya News Bureau | August 03, 2021 IST

Bhubaneswar, Aug 3: While a large number of people now have immunity against coronavirus due to previous infections or vaccination, a guarded approach is needed in terms of implementing restrictive measures to avoid a second wave-like crisis. While, it is being anticipated that the third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic is likely to hit India in August which may reach its peak in October when the country is expected to report less than 1,00,000 infections daily in the best-case scenario or nearly 1,50,000 in the pessimistic scenario, some researchers said it will it the country later. The second wave started because new opportunities for the spread of the infection come up. When the guard drops, the immunity is sometimes not enough to stop the infection from spreading. Immunity, developed after the first wave, is not widespread. The number of people who remained unaffected because of cautionary steps taken in the first step may have been large. Immunity can also fade. Someone infected earlier can get re-infected but we know that the protection is still very high after eight months. Meanwhile, the union health ministry has said that the second wave is still not over. A high number of COVID cases are being reported across the world and the pandemic is far from over. As far as India is concerned, the second wave is still not over, said Union Health Ministry Joint Secretary Lav Agarwal. Growth rate and active cases are also assessed using Reproduction (R) Number. It is the average number of new infections generated by one infected individual during the entire infectious period, said Agarwal.

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