A senior scientific adviser to the Indian government has warned that the country will inevitably suffer more waves of the coronavirus pandemic, which is nearly 4,000 people die in the space of a day.
India’s chief scientific adviser Vijay Raghavan warned on Wednesday that even after lowering infection rates, the country should be ready for a third wave.
“Phase 3 is unavoidable because of the high levels of circulating viruses,” he said in a news release.
“But it’s not clear at what stage this Phase 3 will take place … We should be prepared for the new waves.”
Relatives of COVID-19 patient discuss with police to access emergency services at Holy Family Hospital in New Delhi [Danish Siddiqui/Reuters]
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New Delhi, Mar 15 (efe-epa).- India on Monday added 26,291 new Covid-19 infections, registering the highest single-day spike in almost three months in a country where the everyday number had seen a steep decline.
The federal health ministry data said showed 118 new deaths due to the virus in the last 24 hours from Sunday morning, which takes the total number of Covid-19 fatalities to 158,725.
The number of daily cases has been steadily rising for the past five days after months of decrease since the peak in September when the country recorded 100,000 infections a day.
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New Delhi, Mar 12 (efe-epa).- India on Friday completed a year after the Covid-19 claimed its first victim in the country that has since become the world’s second-worst affected nation due to the pandemic with more than 11.3 million infections and over 158,000 deaths.
However, the overall fatality rate is relatively lower than other worst-affected nations considering its population of 1.35 billion and housing some of the world’s most densely populated cities in the country.
A year ago, on Mar.12, a 76-year-old died man in Kalaburagi of the southern Karnataka state.