India’s second wave of daily new covid infections, as per official data, peaked on 8 May. There were around 12,000 covid infections per day before the second wave engulfed us. The article ends on an optimistic note about vaccine availability in India between May and December. This was widely anticipated, because inactivated virus vaccines can counter mutations of the virus more effectively than others. If there is excess vaccine availability, backfill.

Source: Mint May 17, 2021 17:14 UTC