the pandemic with minimal active symptomatic cases by February-end in 2021, if preventive measures are followed, India National Supermodel committee on covid-19 said Sunday.
The covid-19 tally of world’s second most populous country, with 1.3 billion people, attained its peak in September.The Committee, appointed by the Department of Science and Technology (DST), simulated what would have happened in hypothetical alternative scenarios with regard to the timing of covid-induced lockdowns.“With no lockdown, the pandemic would have hit India very hard, with a peak load of more than 140 lakh cases arriving in June.