A significant wake-up call for a third wave of Covid-19, which could have its peak in India in late October, has come from a national committee of experts appointed by the National Institute of Disaster Management who respond to the Interior Ministry. . The group's report, which includes the directors of the country's most important institutes, is the first Indian voice that agrees with the forecasts on the third wave already made by foreign studies. According to scientists, the third wave is already underway in the country, despite the declining data of new cases: the R index of spread of the virus has in fact been on the rise since the last week of July. The study that was presented today to Prime Minister Modi's office focuses in particular on strategies to defend the most vulnerable children from the virus.
The experts underline that the country "in terms of the number of pediatricians, equipment and health personnel is largely unprepared to face the emergency that could arise if a large number of children were attacked by the virus" and suggest starting vaccination of children as soon as possible. frail children and those with disabilities. According to the study, 80% of primary care centers in India lack pediatricians and any type of equipment to treat children.
Meanwhile, on Sunday, China canceled internal spread infections about a month after the mid-July assessment of the Delta variant outbreak of Covid that emerged at Nanjing airport. This is what the National Health Commission reported, according to which 21 cases were imported, of which 5 in Guangdong, 4 in Shanghai, 3 in both Tianjin and Yunnan, 2 in Beijing and one each in the provinces of Shanxi, Zhejiang, Henan. and Sichuan. China's most severe resurgence of the pandemic in months, driven by the highly contagious Delta variant, has been brought under control with mass testing and targeted activity lockdowns.
