LUCKNOW: Even as fresh and active cases have doubled in up in the past week, experts at IIT Kanpur monitoring the Covid situation through their mathematical models said there was no reason to panic unless new variants come into play.
“The rise in cases is primarily because of decline in the natural immunity against the pandemic. There may be reinfections but there is no need to worry. Prevention is advised for all,” said IIT-K’s Prof Manindra Agarwal, who has been predicting the pandemic behaviour through his SUTRA (Susceptible, Undetected, Tested (positive), and Removed Approach) mathematical model.
He said the present surge should not even be called a wave. “It is better to call the recent rise as a ripple rather than a wave. Also, eventually, coronavirus will become a common flu,” he said.
Rajesh Ranjan, the IIT-K assistant professor who devised the SIR (Susceptible-Infected-Recovered) model to decode the coronavirus activity, said Omicron and its subtypes were causing the disease these days.
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