There is a lack of Covid-appropriate behaviour after the easing of restrictions across India, and the “inevitable” third wave of infection...
There is a lack of Covid-appropriate behaviour after the easing of restrictions across India, and the “inevitable” third wave of infections could hit the country in the next six to eight weeks, All India Institute of Medical Sciences Director Dr Randeep Guleria told NDTV on Saturday.
Guleria told the news channel that Indians don’t seem to have learnt lessons from what happened in the country during the first and second waves of the pandemic.
“Again crowds are building up, people are gathering,” he said. “It will take some time for the number of cases to start rising at the national level. But it could happen within the next six to eight weeks, may be a little longer. “It all depends on how we go ahead in terms of Covid-appropriate behaviour and preventing crowds.”
Guleria added: “We have to factor in human behaviour while unlocking, which needs to be done in a graded manner.”
The AIIMS chief said that districts with a Covid-19 positivity rate of more than 5% should enforce mini-lockdowns. He also emphasised on the need to follow the “test, track and treat” strategy in infection hotspots.
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