Sunday, July 13, 2025
spot_img

‘India may witness intense but short attack from Omicron’

Date:

Share post:

spot_imgspot_img

NEW DELHI, Dec 28: India may see a spurt in the COVID-19 growth rate within days and head into an intense but short-lived virus wave as the highly infectious Omicron variant moves through the crowded nation of almost 140 crore.
“It is likely that India will see a period of explosive growth in daily cases and that the intense growth phase will be relatively short,” Professor Paul Kattuman from the Judge Business School at the University of Cambridge, which has developed a COVID-19 India tracker, wrote in an e-mail.
“New infections will begin to rise in a few days, possibly within this week,” he said, adding that it was hard to predict how high the daily cases could go.
Prof Kattuman and his team of researchers, developers of the India COVID-19 tracker, are seeing a sharp rise in infection rates across India.
The tracker spotlighted six states as a ‘significant concern’ in a December 24 note, with adjusted growth rate of new cases exceeding 5 per cent. This had expanded to 11 Indian states by December 26, according to the tracker, which corrects for “day of the week effects” and other variations.
So far, 653 cases of Omicron have been identified in India. (Agencies)

spot_imgspot_img

Related articles

Sorkari, kamtangko ka·na chu·sokjaode sakgipinna pakwatbo: VPP

SHILLONG: Voice of the People Party (VPP)-ni chief Ardent Miller Basaiawmoit, NPP-chi dilenggipa sorkariko kamtangko name dake ka·na...

Chokpot jolni neng·nikarangko namatna CSO, songni dilgiparang bakrima

SHILLONG: Ramani obostarang namjani bidingo, gipin jatrangko songrangona skatang napna on·engani bidingrango sorkariko nirokatchina gita Civil society organisation,...

Sitharaman, Meghalaya-ni $30 economy-ona sokna re·mikkanganio dakchakna agana

SHILLONG: Ma·mongni Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Meghalaya a·dokni Health sector-o namen tang·doaniko nike de·mittelaha. Mongsongbate Meghalaya-o Maternity Mortality...

Game ge·e cha·giparangko bilakdapatna IPDM training-ko ICAR-KVK ong·ata

TURA: ICAR - Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK), West Garo Hills, Dalu Block-ni Marapara songo NICRA project-ni ning·o method-ko...