Third Covid wave unlikely in India, fingers crossed!

Chances of a third wave looked slim now, experts who have authored the SUTRA model that tracks the progression of Covid-19 in India, said.

Unless hit hard by a new Covid variant, chances of a third wave battering India are now slim, leading public health experts say. And a deep dive into available data reinforces the optimism, for now at least. The country has encountered no new lineage of the new coronavirus so far after Delta wreaked havoc earlier this year.