Covid can be epidemic in another six months says NCDC Chief

The director of the National Centre for Disease Control Sujeet Singh, says a new variant alone cannot bring the third wave, which will begin from the next six months. The expert also said that even the Covid pandemic has defied most predictions, it will reach an epidemic status in the next few months.

Covid becoming an endemic means the infection will be more manageable and give less tension on the health infrastructure, the report said. He also said if the mortality is under control, and this disease can be managed. Singh also declared that Kerala is also emerging from this battle with Covid over the past few weeks.

Singh told that with 70 crore vaccinated people in the country if the effectiveness of the vaccine is 70 percent, it means around 50 crore people have immunity against the virus.