PM Modi chairs high-level Covid review meet as concerns over third wave grow
India TodayPrime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday chaired a high-level meeting to review the Covid-19 situation in the country. The meeting comes a day after Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said second coronavirus wave in India is not over yet. On vaccination front, the Union government on Thursday said more than half of India's adult population has received at least one dose of Covid-19 vaccine while 18 per cent have got both the shots. Last month, a panel set up by the central government, in its latest report, has warned that a third Covid-19 wave could peak around October. Professor Gagandeep Kang told India Today that if the situation does not change much, the third wave of Covid-19 infections will be a "hill, if the second wave was a steep mountain" She also said that one cannot predict the third wave of Covid-19 infections.