The second disastrous wave of the Covid-19 pandemic has hitIndia hard than before as it has overburdened the healthcare infrastructure ofthe nation. Frightened with the audacity of havoc this virus can wreak, peopleare concerned to know when the peak of the infection will arrive in this country,how Covid related deaths can be lessened and when India will get a sigh ofrelief from this infection. AIIMS Director Dr. Randip Guleria in an interview witha media house has answered all the questions of the public to pacify theirenraged thoughts.
Whenwill India witness Covid-19 peak?
Dr. Guleria said, “India is a vast nation therefore, peaktime would vary in different parts of the country. In Western India, afterwitnessing an unprecedented spike in the infection cases now, the cases havedipped there.”
“In Maharashtra, the cases have started to declinegradually. From this, it can be anticipated that the peak time has crossed the state,”he added.
However, Delhi and other neighboring states might have tocome across the Covid peak by mid-May.
It may be noted here that the governments of the states/UTs have taken stern steps to curb the spread even during the peak days.
Willthere be any third Covid-wave?
Assessing the nature of the virus, the threat of the thirdwave of coronavirus is also looming over the nation. However, if this happens, till then a large proportion of the population will be inoculated against the viruswhich will not make the wave more deadly.
Howvaccine shortage could lead to massive inoculation drive?
Serum Institute of India CEO Adar Poonawalla’s statementthat vaccine shortage could prevail till July is worrisome. To ramp up theproduction, SII and Bharat Biotech are setting up new plants and tie-ups arebeing done with a few companies to inoculation drive can run effectively andefficiently.
He further added, foreign vaccines like Sputnik V andPfizer has also been approved to use, India can consider its usage as well tospeed the vaccination drive.