New Covid Wave Could Be Worse, Warns Mumbai Mayor

Appealing people to follow COVID-19-appropriate behavior, Mumbai Mayor said she herself would be avoiding weddings and other gatherings till the Omicron crisis recedes.

The new wave of the coronavirus pandemic could be worse than the earlier two waves, Mumbai Mayor Kishori Pednekar said here on Thursday while appealing people to follow the norms.

The Maharashtra capital on Wednesday reported 2,510 COVID-19 cases, a big jump compared to 283 cases on December 20.

The new wave could be more terrible, therefore Prime Minister Narendra Modi himself was issuing alerts to the states, Pednekar told reporters here.

Earlier variants of the coronavirus infected mostly adults, but the latest variant is also infecting children, she said.