The government’s principal scientific advisor said it is possible for India to avoid the third wave of Covid-19 if we take strong measures and implement them well.

It’s possible that India may not see a third wave of coronavirus infections, but for that to happen, we will have to take strong measures and implement them effectively on ground, the government said on Friday.

Addressing a press briefing of the Union health ministry, Dr K VijayRaghavan, government’s principal scientific advisor said, “If we take strong measures, the third wave may not happen in all the places or indeed anywhere at all. It depends much on how effectively the guidelines are implemented at the local level, in the states, in districts and in the cities everywhere.”