There is no need to be panic about the new strain of COVID, it’s not as virulent as the reports are coming in. Over a period of time, our natural infection will also help protect us. Vaccines in India is about to be placed. Perhaps, we are moving towards Herd immunity because in India the cases are coming down. One of the classical examples is the Dharavi slum of Maharashtra. As far as the number of cases is concerned, it depends upon testing, and testing is very low in India as it’s just 5 thousand here. In the UK, genome sequencing (testing) is 1.4 lakh out of 2.5 lakh of the world,” said Dr (Prof) Sanjay Rai, Professor, Dept. of Community Medicine, AIIMS, President, (IPHA) during HEAL-Thy Samvaad episode-14 on the latest COVID strain and the efficacy and need of vaccination. Hope, you will find it educative, informative & interesting to watch!