New Delhi: The Principal Scientific Advisor to the Union Government K Vijaya Raghavan came up with a grim warning that a third wave of Covid – 19 in India may be inevitable.

Speaking to the media persons he said that a phase three Covid – 19 is inevitable, given the higher levels of circulating virus but it is not clear on what time scale this phase three will occur. We should prepare for new waves. He is also admitting for the first time that Indian lineage of SARS CoV 2, B.1.617 may be fueling the massive surge in cases in several states. The severity of the Covid-19 disease could be more or less, in the coming times, he added.

K Raghavan said that variants are transmitted the same as the original strain. It doesn’t have properties of new kinds of transmission. It infects humans in a manner that makes it more transmissible as it gains entry, makes more copies and goes on, same as original.