‘With a UK-like Omicron surge, India could see 14 lakh cases/day’

NEW DELHI: Even as India has maintained a weekly Covid positivity rate of less than 1% for a month with cases below 10,000 for 20 days, health authorities warned against complacency, highlighting the situation in UK and France that are witnessing a surge due to Omicron despite high vaccination rate and exposure to Delta variant.
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Underlining that India face a stage of “worry” with the onset of winters, with people travelling and partying for Christmas and New Year celebrations, officials said if daily cases in such countries are extrapolated in the context of India’s population, they would mean 14-15 lakh cases a day.