number of covid cases is not doubling every 4-5 days. This has now led to the reporting of over 5000 covid cases each day. With an uptick in the trend of covid cases, scientists said that XBB.1.16 is the covid-19 variant responsible for present surge in covid cases.
However, scientists say that people in India have developed hybrid immunity (due to vaccination and natural infection), therefore, the present covid-19 variants will not be able cause hospitalization and severity as it is mild in nature.
However, government has suggested people to wear masks in crowded places and complete their vaccination doses if not done yet.
Meanwhile, the union health ministry directed the state/UT government to follow a risk assessment-based approach to prevent and contain the infection.