New Delhi: Amid differences of opinion over a possible third wave of Covid19 pandemic in India, a group of experts has submitted a recommendation to the Union Health Ministry highlighting measures to tackle any possible spike of the pandemic in near future.
The report to the health ministry was prepared by a group of experts from Association of Health Care Providers (AHCP-I).
Talking to ETV Bharat in an exclusive interview, Dr. Giridhar Gyani, director general of AHCP-I said that wave three is expected around October but experts are divided on this.
"Some experts opined that third wave may not come going by the fact that the sero survey report shoes 67 percent people have antibodies. But we should not forget that there are children below 18 years of age, who are not vaccinated," said Dr Gyani.
His statement comes at a time when an expert panel setup by the home ministry has recently submitted it's report to the PMO emphasising vaccination to the children with co-morbidities.
The report also said that peak of third wave will take place in the middle of October.
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Dr Gyani said that the children could be subjects of the virus in the time to come.
"We have to be very careful. And accordingly, in our report we have said that the learning from the experience from wave two, we must be prepared for all districts across India," said Dr Gyani.
He said that in each district government must ensure number of beds is 3.5 to 5 beds per thousand population.
The report prepared by AHCP-I said that each bed in the district must be fitted with the oxygen supply. "And if there is no oxygen supply, we must find out the logistics arrangements, how can oxygen be transported from one district to another," said Dr Gyani.
The report also highlighted on the vaccine hesitancy and shortage of vaccine especially in rural areas and smaller cities.
"We have enough vaccination in the big cities. The problem is with the rural India and smaller cities, where there is lack of vaccines. The supply must be easened. Private centres should get free supply of vaccines from the government so that people living in remote areas will shed their vaccine hesitancy and come forward," Dr Gyani said.
