Indian Medical Association (IMA) on Monday warned that a third wave of Covid-19 was just around the corner and appealed to the Central and state governments to not let the guard down.
The doctors’ body flagged the complacency shown by authorities and the public in various parts of India at this crucial juncture, reiterating that India had only recently walked out of the disastrous second wave.
It said ‘tourist bonanza, pilgrimage travel, religious fervour can wait for a few more months’ and added that enabling people without vaccination to go in these mass gatherings could lead to explosion of the infection.
The IMA mentioned yet again that the impact of the third wave can be mitigated by ensuring universal vaccination and following Covid-appropriate behaviour
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