Gated communities gear up for the third wave

Should we invest in oxygen concentrators? Should we establish COVID care centres on our premises? RWAs in the FOMRRA fold debate such questions

Coronavirus variants come with the predictability of the roulette wheel. There is no telling what the virus would mutate into. Nor how disruptive the next dominant variant would be. Thankfully, it is not blind man’s bluff either. There is reliable data to show what to expect of the virus. It is such data that gives the possibility of a third wave in India, the stamp of certainty. The Principal Scientific Advisor to the Government K Vijay Raghavan has in fact called the third wave “inevitable”. So unsurprisingly enough, the talk is more around the preparation for it than the likelihood of it. Of course, there is speculation about its intensity. However, wanting to be found on the side of caution, a good number of gated communities are counting the investments they need to make to manage the wave effectively.