Given that Telangana and other Indian states had to bear the brunt of the Covid-19 pandemic for over two years, the rapid rise in Covid infections and fatalities in China has become a concerning development.
The sharp increase in daily infections, as well as projections that at least a million people will die from Covid in 2023 in China, has created a sense of déjà-vu not only among the general public but also among public health officials.
People have resumed travel to countries around the world in large numbers after a two-year hiatus, and the ongoing surge of Covid infections in China has the potential to cause similar Covid waves as seen previously.
The unchecked spread of the infections could also result in the emergence of a new variant, causing new waves, according to health officials here.
“This is worrisome because what happens in China doesn’t stay in China. Wuhan was a lesson three years ago. The current Covid spread is not only an unfolding tragedy but also exposes the local population to great risk. Think of the wider implications on public health and global supply chains,” Joint Managing Director, Apollo Hospitals, Dr Sangita Reddy, tweeted.
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She added, “there is definitely no need to panic over the rise of infections in China. However, having said that, there is no place for inertia. We must act swiftly on our policy regarding air travel to and from China.”
Geneticists and public health experts believe that the uncontrolled spread of Covid infections, which is taking place in China, could increase the virus’s chances of evolving and accumulating more mutations.
Senior scientist from Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (IGIB), New Delhi, Dr Vinod Scaria took to the microblogging site and tweeted: “apart from avoidable deaths that the uncontrolled spread of Covid could cause, there is a greater risk of SARSCoV2 evolving by accumulating more mutations”.
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