India’s Third Wave is here, with two variants Delta and Omicron in tow: Experts

India’s much-feared Third Wave of coronavirus is well and truly here. Two deaths have been reported due to the Omicron variant and experts believe there is serious need for taking steps to tackle the problem, at an early stage.

India, facing a double variant of Delta and now Omicron, has seen Covid cases shoot up six times in nine days.

The country reported 58,097 fresh COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, 55 per cent higher than 37,379 cases on January 4. This is twice the number seen only four days ago.

In view of steady increase in Covid-19 cases, the Congress party has postponed its rallies in Uttar Pradesh and has requested the Election Commission to ‘cancel big rallies’ in view of the Third Co