If a more virulent mutant than the existing ones emerges by September, India could see a third wave of COVID-19 peak between October and November, but its severity is predicted to be far lower than the second wave, according to a scientist involved in the pandemic’s mathematical modeling.
If no new virulent appears, according to Manindra Agrawal, an IIT-Kanpur scientist who is part of a three-member committee of experts tasked with forecasting any surge in infections, the situation is unlikely to alter.
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