“The reality is the Prime Minister was shown a terrifying model which was subsequently proven to be widely incorrect but he took away freedoms from tens of millions on that basis. This is absolutely no way to conduct public policy.

Mr Baker said: “By Monday, Carl Heneghan had taken the wheels of those death projections, by which time the Prime Minister had, disgracefully, been bounced using a leak into a lockdown. Mr Baker said that he had told Mr Johnson to challenge the model, and Prof Tim Spector, of King’s College London, and Prof Carl Heneghan, of Oxford University, were called into Downing Street to go over the data.īut by the time the models were shown to be inaccurate, it was too late to stop public calls for restrictions. Modelling from Cambridge University and Public Health England (PHE) had suggested that without immediate restrictions there could be 4,000 deaths per day by the end of December. Speaking at a debate at Westminster Hall on the use of models in the pandemic, Steve Baker, deputy chairman of the Covid recovery group, described how the Prime Minister had contacted him shortly before announcing new restrictions on Octoasking for advice. Model predicting 4,000 deaths per day was leaked to the press before it could be challenged, says Steve Bakerīoris Johnson was bounced into the second coronavirus lockdown after a “terrifying” and “wildly incorrect” model warning of 4,000 deaths a day was leaked to the press, MPs have heard. During the third wave, till January 6, the rate of doubling of cases came down to 454 days and during this period there has been an increase of 18 times in daily corona infection cases, but the situation is still under control as the influx of patients in the hospital is less.‘Wildly incorrect’ Covid modelling bounced Boris Johnson into second lockdown, MPs told And if we compare the previous lockdown criteria then the government should impose lockdown by now. So to sum up, if the positivity rate of the cases is taken into account then speed has never been seen before in cases. Vaccination has been made almost mandatory in most of the states, however, many states have also witnessed 100 percent vaccination till now. Meanwhile, other restrictions have been imposed on schools, public offices, public places, and others. Night curfew has been imposed in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Maharashtra, and Gujarat. Restrictions imposed by different State governments:įor curbing the effect of the virus in the country, several states and UTs have already imposed weekend lockdown and night curfews in the state. Barring a few states, there is no panic as before. PN Arora, it is a sign of relief that even though the pace of corona in the country is fast, but the proportion of hospitalization is much slower than the second wave.Īlso the capacity of health facilities in the country has increased after the second lockdown in the country.

Health Facilities Arrangement by Government for Third Wave In India:Īs per Dr. Mohammad Zubair, Alt News Co-founder, Sent To 14-Day Judicial Custody By. He further said that to avoid lockdown like situation in the country, citizens should abide by the guidelines and suggestions of the government. He added,' The center has provided 1.14 lakh oxygen concentrates to the state government and over 150 crore Covid jabs have been administered in the country, which comprises of 64 percent of the population with first dose of vaccine and 46 percent of the population are fully vaccinates.' Apart from this, there are arrangements for 1.24 ICU beds and There are 3,236 oxygen plants with capacity of 3, 783 metric tonnes are currently working in the nation.' He said, 'Today, about 18.03 lakh isolation beds are arranged in the country. He claims that the health services in the nation are much better and strong after the first and the second wave of Covid in the country. PN Arora, MD of Yashoda Hospital, Ghaziabad this time the health infrastructure in the country has strengthened. What preparations have been done by Government to tackle the third wave of Covid?Īccording to Dr. UP CM Yogi Adityanath Expresses Concern Over 'Population Imbalance'

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