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Third wave may hit by August-end, but it isn't inevitable: ICMR official

The ICMR official cautioned the states to be more careful and said that they need to look into their own Covid-19 data and check at which stage of 'epidemic they are in.'

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A health worker collects swab sample of a passenger for COVID-19 test, at the CSMT station, in Mumbai. (PTI Photo)

BS Web Team New Delhi
The third Covid-19 wave is likely to hit the country at the end of August but it isn’t inevitable, said Dr Samiran Panda, Head of Epidemiology & Infectious Diseases,at the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR).

The ICMR official cautioned the states to be more careful and said that they need to look into their own Covid-19 data and check at which stage of ‘epidemic they are in.’

“States need to look into their own Covid data and check, at which stage of the epidemic they are in. The third wave could happen around the end of August but it