A government-appointed committee has said that India has crossed the coronavirus peak, the number of Covid-19 cases and fatalities have both declined in the last three weeks and the spread of the pandemic has stabilised in most of the states. If the trend persists and health protocols are rigorously followed, the epidemic could be brought under control by early next year.
But there is a note of caution, too; the advent of winter and the ensuing festival season may witness heightened exposure to the infection and laxity at this point could again lead to a spike.
Relaxation in safety measures can lead to a perceptible rise. It can be as much as "up to 26 lakh cases within a month," the committee said, adding that only 30 per cent of the population has developed immunity so far.
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