India facing ‘inevitable’ third Covid wave as mutant variants fuel crisis, health chiefs warn
The number of Covid infections in India continues to soarAccording to a prediction from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, the worst case scenario could see India's death toll top one million by July.
The IHME believes in the worst case scenario, by July 1 the total number of fatalities from Covid will be 1,021,200, while "current projection" is that 961,692 deaths would have been recorded by this date.India is suffering from the world's worst second wave of Covid and even though it shows no sign of slowing, there are fears a third wave is due to hit.
"Phase three is inevitable given the high levels of circulating virus," K. Vijay Raghavan said, reports theRelatives stand next to the body of a victim who died from Covid at a cremation ground in New Delhi"We should prepare for new waves." The government-backed model used to forecast how the pandemic will unfold has been questioned by scientists as its predictions have so far been incorrect, however.
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