As novel coronavirus cases in India surge leading to a massive second wave of the virus in the past few days, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) director Dr Randeep Guleria highlighted two key reasons for the rapid surge in Covid-19 cases all across the country.

Terming the cause of Covid spread as "multifactorial", the AIIMS chief said, "The two main causes are-when in Jan/Feb vaccination started and cases went down people stopped following COVID appropriate behaviour and at this time the virus mutated and it spread more rapidly." 

"This a time when a lot of religious activities happen in our country and polls also underway. We must understand lives are also important. We can do this in a restricted manner so that religious sentiment is not hurt and COVID appropriate behaviour can be followed," he emphasised.

He pointed out the worrying pressure on the healthcare system and availability of the beds adding, "We are seeing a huge strain in the healthcare system. We have to keep increasing our hospital beds, resources for the increasing number of cases."

As novel coronavirus cases in India surge leading to a massive second wave of the virus in the past few days, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) director Dr Randeep Guleria highlighted two key reasons for the rapid surge in Covid-19 cases all across the country.

Terming the cause of Covid spread as "multifactorial", the AIIMS chief said, "The two main causes are-when in Jan/Feb vaccination started and cases went down people stopped following COVID appropriate behaviour and at this time the virus mutated and it spread more rapidly." 

"This a time when a lot of religious activities happen in our country and polls also underway. We must understand lives are also important. We can do this in a restricted manner so that religious sentiment is not hurt and COVID appropriate behaviour can be followed," he emphasised.

He pointed out the worrying pressure on the healthcare system and availability of the beds adding, "We are seeing a huge strain in the healthcare system. We have to keep increasing our hospital beds, resources for the increasing number of cases."