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Intensity of Third COVID Wave Will Likely Be Low: CSIR

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eMediNexus    25 September 2021

The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has stated that if the third COVID-19 wave emerges, it will likely be low in intensity.

Director-General of CSIR, Dr Shekhar C Mande, said that a large population in the country has been vaccinated with the first dose and even with the second dose, adding that the vaccines prevent the disease considerably. Dr Mande stated that if someone contracts the infection after being vaccinated, the severity is reduced. He mentioned that even if the third wave emerges, its intensity will be much less in comparison with the second wave. Earlier, Manindra Agrawal from IIT-Kanpur had said that the emergence of another wave would be driven by the emergence of a more infectious strain. Dr Renu Swarup, Secretary, Department of Biotechnology, Government of India said that the third wave will come if invited. It will depend on human behavior and virus behavior… (NDTV – ANI, September 24, 2021)

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