Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], June 6 (ANI): Karnataka government requires more infrastructure development in the state, including human resource appointments, oxygen beds, and vaccination to curb the second wave, said Dr HM Prasanna, a member of COVID-19 Taskforce and senior neurologist on Sunday.
Karnataka Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) member on COVID-19 and the president of Private Hospitals and Nursing Homes Association Dr HM Prasanna on Thursday said that the number of COVID-19 tests conducted in the state has come down in last three weeks and added reducing testing rate in Karnataka could lead to third wave of the pandemic. He also asserted on the need to fight the second wave properly and bring down the mortality rate. It could lead to the dangerous third wave, Dr Prasanna told ANI when asked if reducing the COVID-19 testing rate in Karnataka will lead to a dangerous third wave in Karnataka.