AIIMS chief Dr Guleria: India's 'R-Value' surging, cause of concern

Stressing on the need of aggressive containment strategies in the parts of the country that are witnessing a surge in fresh Covid infections, AIIMS Chief Dr Randeep Guleria on Saturday said India's 'R-Value' is inching up, and it's a cause of concern.

Dr Guleria told NDTV that starting from .96, and going all the way up to 1, the rise in R-Value is a cause of concern.

Simply put, this means that the chances of infection spreading from a person, who has Covid, to others have gone up.

He said the areas which are witnessing this surge should bring in restrictions and employ "test, track, and treat" strategy to break the chain of transmission.

The AIIMS director's remark come amid fears of a third Covid-19 wave.