Dr Guleria said that the virus is still mutating and so there's a need to be careful. The gap between the new waves is shortening and that's worrying.
AIIMS Director Dr Randeep Guleria has stated that the third wave is 'inevitable' and it could hit the country in the next six to eight weeks. However, he added that it depends on how people go ahead in terms of COVID-appropriate behaviour and prevent crowds.
Guleria said that Indians do not seem to have learnt lessons from what happened in the country during the first and second waves of the pandemic. India is still recovering from the aftermath of the second wave.
In an interview with NDTV, the AIIMS Director said that as unlocking has started, there is again a lack of COVID-appropriate behaviour. "We don't seem to have learnt from what happened between the first and the second wave. Again crowds are building up, people are gathering. It will take some time for the number of cases to start rising at the national level."
"During the first wave, the virus was not spreading that rapidly. All that changed during the second wave, and the virus became much more infectious. Now the Delta variant that's spreading is much more infectious. Faster spread is likely," Dr Guleria added.
Dr Guleria further stated that the virus is still mutating and so there is a need to be careful. The gap between the new waves is shortening and that's 'worrying'. He said that the Delta plus variant evolved from the Delta variant of COVID-19, triggering fresh concerns about monoclonal antibody treatment.
The AIIMS Director explained that India's main challenge right now is vaccinating a huge population and the increase in dose gaps for Covishield may not be a bad approach to provide protection to cover more people.
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