Chances of third wave in the district not ruled out: experts

‘Avoiding spike in COVID cases during the festival season is the key’

The COVID-19 positivity rate in the district is currently hovering around 1%. It has not yet come down to zero till date, as it had happened after the first wave, and still the daily cases are oscillating between 30 and 60 cases. But experts say that the possibility of a third is coming down, but not ruled out.

According to the experts, the district is now entering the most critical phase with the festival season around. “This is the festival period and we have festivals of mass gathering coming up such as the Dasara, Deepavali and Christmas. The scenario is topped up with the marriage season and the winter setting in. If we can bring down the positivity rate or at least see that the present level is maintained, then we can say that the impending third wave is averted. That is why we cannot rule out the possibility of the third wave, till the festive season is over,” said District COVID Special Officer and Principal of Andhra Medical College P.V. Sudhakar.