As India gears up for vaccination, where is the coronavirus headed?

The epidemic is well under control in India. With enough infected people in the country and the vaccine rollout within sight, it is highly unlikely that there will be another peak surge going forward

Even as India readies for the mass immunisation drive, there has been a steady decline in the daily number of cases and deaths, since the peak of mid-September. Less than 300 daily coronavirus deaths were recorded in the country for the last 16 days with the national recovery rate improving to 96.42 per cent, according to data from the union health ministry. Given that we will never know the true numbers during the pandemic or even after it, the trajectory is important and it has been on the downward slope, which leads to some pressing questions - Is the worst