Coronavirus waves inevitable without appropriate protocol: experts
Preventive vaccination, data analysis, behavioural changes crucial, say epidemiologists
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Preventive vaccination, data analysis, behavioural changes crucial, say epidemiologists
“It is hard to understand why corrective action was not taken at beginning of second wave,” says Chandrika Bahadur. As India grapples with a massive second wave, Chandrika Bahadur, chair of the Regional Task Force of the Lancet Commission, speaks to The Hindu on why this happened and the way ahead …. India is undergoing a very severe second wave of COVID-19, something that could have been anticipated. What in your view went wrong in terms of anticipation and capacity building? India prepared reasonably well for the pandemic in its early stages. The lockdown gave the medical system time...