New Delhi: Senior Director, Medanta Hospital, Dr Sushila Kataria on Friday warned people not to "be complacent because the Covid-19 situation will worsen in the next two weeks". The third wave of coronavirus disease has already hit India and it is not just a flu that will pass away.
Dr Kataria, who has treated many Covid-19 patients said, "One cannot be complacent because the situation will worsen in the next two weeks. Covid is not just a flu that will pass away. We have already seen from January 4 that the third coronavirus wave has already hit the country. The number of cases has almost increased five times in the last three days."
"No doubt it is increasing because Omicron variant is spreading across the globe. Another fact is that it is less severe than Delta variant. But it cannot be dismissed completely because every 10th person was admitted to the hospital during the second wave," the expert said.
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Dr Kataria said, "Even every 50th or 100th person was dying due to Delta variant. The number of hospitalisation is just 50 per cent less in this case."
She said people were dying because of Omicron variant, so more precautions needed to be taken as of now and "So this may be a mild virus good for us, but we can't be complacent that it will not cause anything. Let me tell you across the globe, people have died because of Omicron. So, this is not just a vaccine or not just a flu, which will pass away. One has to be careful all the time."
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