India will likely cross the peak that it witnessed during the second wave of Covid-19 but is fully prepared with two times more infrastructure and services to tackle the upsurge, government sources said even as daily cases increased more than 28 times in the last 14 days.<\/p>\n
India had recorded 4.40 lakh daily cases on May 7, at the height of the second wave. On Sunday, daily cases increased to nearly 1.8 lakh, taking the active caseload to about 7.3 lakh.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe current global trajectory of the Covid surge indicates that India is bound to cross the previous peak of 4.4 lakh daily cases hit during the second wave. But there is no cause to panic as we are adequately prepared,\u201d an official said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe government\u2019s preparation this time is two to three times higher than what it was during the second surge in 2021,\u201d the official said.<\/p>\n
Officials also maintained that many modelling studies had been done in India to predict the peak and evidence from South Africa shows that cases powered by Omicron rises at an alarming speed but are also likely to fall with an equal velocity. Underlining that majority of cases are asymptomatic and mild, officials said expansion of vaccination coverage has helped keep hospitalisation low. \u201cThe infection in the current wave appears to be mild,\u201d the official said.<\/p>\n
The health ministry data shows India\u2019s medical oxygen production capacity has been ramped up to 19,236 metric tonnes per day from around 9,500 metric tonnes a day during the peak of second surge.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe do not know if we will even need that much medical oxygen with Omicron as it is an upper respiratory tract infection,\u201d a senior official said.<\/p>\n
Source: Times of India<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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