AIIMS director Dr Randeep Guleria said that the third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic is likely to hit India in six to eight weeks.
As per reports, Dr. Guleria has predicted that the third wave of the virus can hit the country any time in the next six to eight weeks.
In a report by NDTV, Dr Randeep Guleria said, "As we have started unlocking, there is again a lack of Covid-appropriate behavior. We don't seem to have learnt from what happened between the first and the second wave. Again crowds are building up… people are gathering. It will take some time for the number of cases to start rising at the national level. Third-wave is inevitable and it could hit the country within the next six to eight weeks… may be a little longer."
This development comes in the backdrop of the discovery of the Delta Plus Covid variant, the doctor added.
Earlier, scientists in New Delhi also said that the highly transmissible Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2, first found in India has mutated further to form the 'Delta Plus' or 'AY.1' variant.
During the second wave of the virus, the Delta variant has been attributed to the spike in the number of Covid infections across the country India logged 60,753 new coronavirus infections and 1,647 fatalities during the last 24 hours, stated the latest covid updates.