Summary:
The new form of Corona that came to Singapore is being said to be extremely dangerous for children, in India it may come as a third wave.
My appeal to the central government: 1.
Air services with Singapore to be cancelled with immediate effect 2.
Priority on vaccine options should be worked out for children too, tweeted Kejriwal.
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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has flagged a new Covid variant detected in Singapore, which he said, is proving dangerous for children.
Arguing that it can "come as a third wave" in India, he suggested that the Centre takes immediate measures, including suspension of flights to and from Singapore.
"The new form of Corona that came to Singapore is being said to be extremely dangerous for children, in India it may come as a third wave.
My appeal to the central government: 1.
Air services with Singapore to be cancelled with immediate effect 2.
Priority on vaccine options should be worked out for children too," he said in a Hindi tweet.
The Delhi Chief Minister`s tweet comes amid concerns being raised over a third wave, which many experts said is likely to target children.
The first wave has affected the elderly the most, and the younger people have been infected in the second wave, the experts reasoned.
"There is a possibility that the third wave virus will predominantly target the children, mainly because adults are either infected or immunised," cardiac surgeon and chief of Narayana Health, Dr Devi Shetty has told NDTV.
The government`s Principal Scientific Adviser K Vijay Raghavan has warned that a third wave is "inevitable" and suggested that vaccines need to be "updated" to deal with the emerging strains.
"Phase three is inevitable given the higher levels of circulating virus, but it is not clear on what time-scale this phase three will occur.