India s second COVID-19 wave seems to have flattened but the climb down will be a more prolonged, long drawn-out process than the first and will possibly run till July, eminent virologist Shahid Jameel said here on Tuesday. Though the new variants of the virus may partly be responsible for the explosion in the number of cases, there is no indication the mutant versions are more lethal, added the director of the Trivedi School of Biosciences, Ashoka University, amid mounting worries about what is fuelling the second wave in India. Addressing an online event organised by the Indian Express, Jameel noted that it is a little too early to say if the Covid wave has peaked.
Second Covid wave seems to have flattened but won t end before July: virologist Shahid Jameel
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Second Covid wave seems to have flattened but won t end before July: virologist Shahid Jameel PTI
Last Updated: May 11, 2021, 09:39 PM IST
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Synopsis The curve may have flattened but the other side of the peak is not going to be an easy climb down. It s possibly going to be a more prolonged long-drawn-out process running possibly till July, That means, even if the curve starts to decline, we will continue to have to deal with a large number of infections every day, Jameel said.
NEW DELHI: India s second Covid-19 wave seems to have flattened but the climb down will be a more prolonged, long drawn-out process than the first and will possibly run till July, eminent virologist Shahid Jameel said here on Tuesday.
Though the new variants of the virus may partly be responsible for the explosion in the number of cases, there is no indication the mutant versions are more lethal, added the director of the Trivedi School of Biosciences, Ashoka University, amid mounting worries about what is fuelling the second wave in India.
Addressing an online event organised by the Indian Express, Jameel noted that it is a little too early to say if the Covid wave has peaked.
: Tuesday, May 11, 2021, 9:39 PM IST India s second COVID-19 wave seems to have flattened but. : Check out what virologist Shahid Jameel has to say
Relatives wearing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) arrive for the funeral of their relative who died due to Covid 19 coronavirus, at a crematorium in New Delhi on May 11, 2021.
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New Delhi: India s second COVID-19 wave seems to have flattened but the climb down will be a more prolonged, long drawn-out process than the first and will possibly run till July, eminent virologist Shahid Jameel said here on Tuesday.
Though the new variants of the virus may partly be responsible for the explosion in the number of cases, there is no indication the mutant versions are more lethal, added the director of the Trivedi School of Biosciences, Ashoka University, amid mounting worries about what is fuelling the second wave in India.
Second COVID wave in India seems to have flattened but won t end before July: Virologist
According to the scientist, COVID-19 cases in the second wave also won t come down in as steady a fashion as they did after the first wave.
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NEW DELHI: India s second COVID-19 wave seems to have flattened but the climb down will be a more prolonged, long drawn-out process than the first and will possibly run till July, eminent virologist Shahid Jameel said here on Tuesday.