Phase III of Covid-19 is inevitable, we should be prepared: Principal Scientific Adviser

May 5:  When the entire country is reeling under the 2nd wave of coronavirus, a warning bell was rang by the Principal Scientific Adviser to the Centre about an inevitable 3rd wave. “A phase three (of COVID-19 wave) is inevitable, given the higher levels of circulating virus. It is however not clear on what time scale this wave will occur, but should prepare for new waves.” Professor K Vijay Raghavan, the Principal Scientific Adviser to the Centre said this during a press briefing on COVID-19 situation in India on Wednesday.

Professor K VijayRaghavan, further said, “(COVID-19) variants are transmitted the same as original strain. It doesn’t have properties of new kinds of transmission.” He further explained, “It infects humans in a manner that makes it more transmissible as it gains entry, makes more copies and goes on, same as the original.”

#BREAKING : Be ready for the 3rd wave of the #CoronaPandemic in India. 3rd wave is inevitable, says the Government’s principal scientific advisor. pic.twitter.com/uZ9gmhO5fw

— Sudhir Chaudhary (@sudhirchaudhary) May 5, 2021

He further stated that a combination of standing level of immunity and cautionary steps halted first COVID-19 wave. However, immunity may not have been widespread and fraction uninfected in first wave…may have been large…Combination of less caution, less immunity…and consequent opening up of access to virus drives a large second wave.