Third Covid wave may not be severe but prepare for worst: INSACOG's Arora

The Delta variant, which hit India in the second wave, has been responsible for a lot of breakthrough infections

India may not see a terrible third wave, but it has to prepare for the worst, Narendra Kumar Arora, co-chairman of the Indian Sars-Cov-2 Genomics Consortium — (INSACOG), told Business Standard. Amid concerns around booster shots and fears of a third wave, Arora said decision on such a dose would be taken depending on the local context. 

“That the US and Israel are giving these shots is noted but our decision will be based on our data. We have suffered Delta already. And Delta has attacked them now,” Arora said. 

He said the booster dose was dependent on epidemiology of the circulating