As the highly infectious Omicron variety sweeps through India’s packed nation of almost 140 crore, the COVID-19 growth rate may spike in a matter of days, ushering in an intense but short-lived virus wave. Professor Paul Kattuman of the Judge Business School at the University of Cambridge, which has established a COVID-19 India tracker, commented in an e-mail, “It is likely that India will have a “There will be a moment of exponential increase in daily instances, and the intensive growth phase will be brief.”
“In a few days, probably this week, new infections will begin to surge,” he warned, adding that it was difficult to forecast how high daily instances could grow.
Prof Kattuman and his team of researchers, who created the India COVID-19 tracker, have noticed a significant increase in infection rates across the country.
