The spread of Omicron has led to a doubling of cases in recent days and curfews being imposed on cities across the country, as India is in the midst of a Covid third wave.
The chairman of the Covid-19 working group of the National Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation said that India is in the third wave of Covid-19.
According to India, there are 1,892 Omicron cases, but according to Arora, Omicron probably now accounted for 50% of the new Covid cases in urban areas. The Omicron variant was found in almost all of the cases.
The mayor of Mumbai said that the city was preparing for a wave of cases. The metropolis has registered almost 11,000 new cases so far and Pednekar warned that if it hit 20,000 they would impose a lock down.
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The central government has told all states to strengthen their health infrastructure and reactivate their Covid war rooms.
In Delhi, 40% of hospital beds have been reserved for Covid patients. Kejriwal was one of the people who tested positive for the virus a day after attending the election rally. The states of Punjab and Bihar have imposed curfews.
India could have a big surge according to Soumya Swaminathan, chief scientist at the World Health Organisation. The next two weeks will tell us.
Even if the Delta variant was milder than the one in India, it still had the potential to overwhelm the healthcare system.
Almost all of India's adult population has had one shot, mostly of AstraZeneca. The government has been criticized for not rolling out booster shots quicker in the wake of omicron, which has been seen as crucial in preventing the spread and hospitalisation from the virus. Vulnerable people, healthcare workers and those over 60 in India will be eligible for boosters.
The second wave of India's healthcare system collapsed and led to a nationwide shortage of oxygen and overwhelmed crematoriums due to the scale of the dead.
In South Africa, there was a high number of cases as Omicron spread quickly through the community, but most of the cases were mild. After a month, the wave is almost dead. The impact of the third wave could be mitigated by the high levels of the virus in India from previous exposure.
In India, we may see a similar pattern as far as the third wave is concerned. I think we may be in for a third wave peak very soon because of the Covid infections in India.
The third wave hit the state on December 28, the state's Directorate of Health Services said. The beaches in north Goa were filled with tens of thousands of people on New Year's Eve, leading to fears of a huge surge in cases in the coming days.
Around 2,000 double vaccine revellers from Mumbai, Delhi and Gujarat were held on the ship after 66 of them tested positive for the vaccine. The boat was sent back to Mumbai because everyone on board was prevented from disembarking, and those who were positive were taken into institutionalQuarantine.
