India has so far faced three waves in the two years since the Corona pandemic began. The second wave of Corona, which came last year, caused the most destruction. The third wave caused by Corona’s new variant Omichrome is now on its way to end. Meanwhile, many apprehensions and speculations continue in the country regarding the new variant of Corona and the fourth wave of the epidemic.
Recently, a recent study by the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur said that it is possible that the fourth wave of the COVID-19 epidemic may start from June 22 and last till mid-August. IIT Kanpur researcher S. The study by Prasad Rajesh Bhai, Shubhra Shankar Dhar and Shalabh said that it is possible that the new variants of the virus will have a wider impact.
Scientists dismiss the possibility of a fourth wave
However, many scientists say that the forecast of the arrival of the fourth wave may be a speculation. Allaying fears that the cases of COVID-19 will pick up again in the next three months, he said that most of the people in India have received both the doses of the vaccine and once they have been infected naturally. So even if the wave does come, the consequences in terms of hospitalizations and deaths will be manageable, provided no new variants of the virus are introduced.
Professor Sitabhara Sinha of Chennai-based Institute of Mathematical Sciences (IMSC) said that the number of active patients is decreasing rapidly and looking at the current situation, we cannot definitely say about a new wave in the future. At the same time, Menon, a professor in the Department of Physics and Biology at Ashoka University, Haryana, told PTI that I do not trust any such forecast, especially when the date and time are given.
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He said that we cannot make any predictions about the future, as the likely new variant to come is unknown. We can, however, remain vigilant and collect data rapidly so that effective and swift action can be taken. Health expert Bhramar Mukherjee also agreed, saying that the forecast data made by IIT Kanpur is astrology and not statistics.
New variants of Corona coming?
Due to new variants of corona virus infection, during the last two years, the whole world has faced many difficulties. Now the question is whether more new variants of Corona are going to appear? World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has answered all these questions. He pointed to two factors that could further aggravate the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic or lead to an “ideal situation” for more new variants of the virus to emerge.
He cited unequal access to corona vaccine and lack of corona test as the main reason for this. Ghebreyesus said that apart from the high transmission of the corona epidemic, that is, high infection, people do not have equal access to corona vaccines and tests, due to which a suitable environment is being created for the emergence of more variants. He also talked about the less seriousness of the Omicron variant of COVID-19. He said that a false narrative is being run in many countries about the nature of Omicron that the epidemic is over.
Ghebreyesus said it has seriously set the world ahead of the Sustainable Development Goals, far beyond the short-term economic impacts caused by the COVID-19 crisis. The WHO chief said that closer cooperation between the health and finance sectors is important to deal with this situation. Ghebreyesus stressed on countries working together to end the pandemic this year without panic and neglect.
Corona virus will spread from animals!
The people’s industries and businesses were all ruined by the corona epidemic and the economy of the whole world was ruined. But, it seems that this infection can now wreak havoc on humans through animals. Many scientists are concerned that the next corona variant may spread through animals, not humans. Now, researchers are monitoring animals to identify any new pandemic-causing viruses and to try to identify the next COVID-19 variants.
“There are hundreds of thousands of coronaviruses in many animal species,” said Dr. Jeff Taubenberger, deputy chief of the infectious diseases laboratory at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), as quoted by ABC News. Scientists have suggested that the corona virus has infected minks, hamsters. At the same time, in North America, it has infected wild white-tailed deer. And as it infects more species, it continues to evolve.
Now researchers are wondering whether it can infiltrate more species and then return to humans, potentially bringing about new and dangerous COVID variants. Scientists said that if the virus is able to infect other species, it would develop differently.
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