'Virus Mutation, Human Error': AIIMS Doctor Highlights Two Factors For Future Covid-19 Wave

Elaborating on the same, he said the coronavirus mutation can be avoided by following a proper behaviour when in a crowded place or with an already infected person.

Covid-19 Crisis in India

New Delhi: Amid fears of a third wave of the coronavirus pandemic, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Assistant Professor Department of Medicine Dr Neeraj Nischal has highlighted two factors - one is virus related and second is human-related - on which the future Covid-19 wave depends.

Elaborating on the same, he said the coronavirus mutation can be avoided by following a proper behaviour when in a crowded place or with an already infected person.

“Now virus mutates and becomes more infectious. It is something which is beyond our control. But of course, if we do not allow this virus to replicate in our body then maybe this type of mutations can be avoided. What we can do to control is our behavior,” ANI quoted Dr Nischal as saying.

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“We have been talking about Covid appropriate behaviour for 15-16 months and we know that by Covid appropriate behaviour, one can stop these waves altogether. That had happened in the second wave also," he added.

Responding to a poser about the lockdown to curb further spread of Covid-19, Dr Nischal emphasized “it is important for us to follow Covid appropriate behaviour as that is definitely helpful in stopping the spread of the infection”.

“When the lockdown was introduced, everybody was forced to follow Covid appropriate behaviour and this wave stopped,” he said.

Dr Nischal also appealed to all citizens to get themselves vaccinated against Covid-19.

“Even if you get the infection then it will ensure that you don’t get a severe form of the disease,” he said.

AIIMS chief Dr Randeep Guleria had earlier on Saturday said a third Covid wave in India is “inevitable” and it could hit the nation in the next six to eight weeks.

The AIIMS Director also said that “a national-level lockdown cannot be a solution” as it adversely affects the economy, which is still reeling under the impact of past restrictions.