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BF.7 and XBB: ‘India doing fine, masks hold little value if…’ says Dr Gagandeep Kang -Poulomi Ghosh

-Hindustan Times Virologist Dr Gagandeep Kang said India does not need restrictions but precautions but China will see a lot of infections like that of India's second wave. Virologist Dr Gagandeep Kang on Friday broke down the current Covid situation in India in comparison with China and said India is doing fine and won't require travel restrictions but China will see 'lots and lots of infections', similar to what India witnessed during the second wave of the pandemic in April-May 2021, or in January 2022. "At the moment, India is doing fine. We have few cases, we have had the XBB and BF.7 for a while and they have not driven an upsurge in India. In the absence of an even more highly infectious variant, I do not expect a surge," the virologist said.  'Winter making pandemic situation in China worse' Dr Kang said China is opening up at a time when its population has low levels of exposure to natural infection. On Chinese vaccines being ineffective, Dr Kang said the vaccines that they administered work well to prevent severe disease and death but they are less effective that mRNA vaccines. "When lots get sick, that includes healthcare workers. Understaffed, overloaded hospitals mean poorer care for patients. Also in winter, other viruses/infections result in more hospitalisations (the tripledemic in the rest of the world), making this bad time in hospitals," Dr Kang said. Please click here to read more.