3rd Coronavirus Wave Inevitable, Top Indian Science Adviser Says
06 May 2021, 04:06 GMT+10
A senior Indian government scientific adviser warned Wednesday that a third wave of coronavirus infections would sweep the country as it struggles with the devastating effects of the current wave that officially claimed nearly 4,000 lives in the course of one day.
The government's principal scientific adviser, K. Vijay Raghavan, issued the warning as the World Health Organization said in its weekly report that India accounted for almost half the cases reported globally last week and about a quarter of all fatalities.
"Phase 3 is inevitable, given the high levels of circulating virus," Raghavan told a news briefing in New Delhi. "But it is not clear on what timescale this phase 3 will occur ... We should prepare for new waves."