Thanks for nice sharing @ Dr. Hermann Gruenwald

Dear Muhammed Ashraful Alam ,

it depends hugely on climate, local governments instructions and the awareness of people as well. It is all about us and our approach to it.

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Hi Terry Purvis!

It's Today's update from CNN

Trump economic adviser claims there "is no second wave"

From CNN's Betsy Klein

I thing that the Pandemic will finished in one month. The Virus become very weak and many countries will arrive to medicaments.

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Latin America and South Asia did not reach at peak yet. Africa is just rising. If it's happened then good for all but the situation does not in favor of just a month dear Dr. Nasser Said Gomaa Abdelrasheed

Anything is possible, we pray to God that this pandemic be ended and that a vaccin and an effective treatment be found for it

Hope for the best, dear Dr. Sura Aldewachi

I see that it depends on the efforts of every country

The mistake of opening lockdown too early has killed lots of people already. It is like a new wave, but this one is intentional.

Around here (Canada) the lockdown is lifted, but everyone is still keeping the distance, too scared to meet people, go to stores and still avoiding restaurants (although they open up slowly). The new waves are happening in big cities and factories that are "forced" to open.

Nicely said Michael Issigonis

Some states of USA are facing again increased rate of incidence.

Thanks for sharing Dr. Hassan Izzeddin Sarsak

China has reported 57 new cases, its highest daily jump since mid-April. Spike in Latin America too. Absolutely Dr. Augustine Ifelebuegu

No trade off with lives. Every single life is precious. Thanks for the nice sharing dear Terry Purvis

It's time for us to learn how to live with Corona virus.

Yes, WHO thinks so. We can not afford anymore lockdown too but failed to find any other better option @ Dr. Nawel Bengrait

Yes, you are absolutely right, dear Terry Purvis

Very possible...depending on how things unfold

The second wave that is gradually unfolding is due to human contacts which is potent enough to create an endemic situation. The cases in Nigeria has been surging in recent days after restrictions are gradually been relaxed by the government. Its likely the world will not be free as soon as we are thinking if appropriate measures are not taken as the second wave may be deadlier than the first

Dear Muhammed,

The answer to this question will depend on the measures put in place by governments after the lifting of containment, but one thing is certain: the second wave of contamination may be more or less severe than the first. Scientists agree that too sudden a relaxation of control measures could result in a rapid rise in the number of cases and a return of severe forms to hospital and intensive care. A recent study showed that measures taken against virus transmission contribute to a reduction in the development of herd immunity; "leading to the possibility of a second wave of infections" once these measures are lifted.

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Thanks for your nice sharing Prof. Doufnoune RACHIDA Rachida

With the lifting of containment, fears on both sides are enormous over the return of a second wave of the Covid-19 epidemic. But some scientists, however in minority positions, believe that this second wave will not come.

It’s iconoclastic, but no more so than the WHO (World Health Organization) which says that the coronavirus can never disappear, says epidemiologist Laurent Toubiana. My thesis is that there is no second wave, he continues.

No second wave, this means no massive influx of patients caused by the release from confinement, which could overwhelm resuscitation services. The media bridgehead of this theory is Professor Didier Raoult. Nowhere is there a second wave […] Eventually some sporadic cases will appear here or there (but) the epidemic is ending, specifies this last.

In my opinion too, even if the uncertainty remains, several indicators suggest a contained risk, at least in the short term. In other words, the worst is behind us. However, this situation should be taken with great caution, because even if we do not see a second wave in any country in the world, only sporadic cases and re-imports from the current pandemic phase, nothing is definitively sure with a pandemic.

Thanks for nice sharing Dr. Ben Boubakary

A new wave of covid-19 depends on our behaviours.

This virus is still among us and the lockdown was efficacy to reduce the spread of the virus.

At the end of the lockdown, it is fundamental keep the prevention measures, compatible with the economic recovery.

On the other side, it is also fundamental a strong health system able to do an early warning.

Thanks for your nice sharing Dr. Roberto Molteni

Thanks for nice sharing dear Terry Purvis

It's no more epidemic, it's pandemic and global crisis now dear Alaa Hussein Fadhil

Warning: patients having recovered from COVID-19 may be getting reinfection due to the false-sense of security of being immune to COVID-19.

Not only the relaxations in lock downs causing a resurgence of increased number of COVID-19 cases in certain areas, a real problem is that patients who have recovered from COVID-19 and not taking social distancing, and other preventive measures due to false belief that they are immune, are being reinfected.

Until proven otherwise, even after having recovered from COVID-19, they should not forgo the preventive measures for COVID-19.

We are now seeing patient with COVID-19 after testing negative and still being cohorted with other COVID-19 patients are becoming again reinfected.

Thanks for your nice sharing Dr. Muhammad Yousuf

It depends on whether the new varieties of SARS-CoV-2 Coronavirus (causing Covid-19 disease) that arise as a result of constant mutations will also cause specific disease symptoms. The key issue is whether the natural immunity obtained by humans after infection with SARS-CoV-2 Coronavirus and more or less mild illnesses on Covid-19, recovery will still be active against new varieties of Coronavirus or whether new varieties of Coronavirus that will be created in the coming years will be significantly different analogously as in the case of influenza virus.

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Dariusz Prokopowicz

Thanks for nice sharing, Dr. Dariusz Prokopowicz

Yaa I agree and the results have been manifesting.

Yaa I agree, if people maintain social distance and avoid unnecessary outing it may be possible to control

Thanks dear Bodh R Sharma

I don't believe unless this COVID-19 wants to end humanity

Thanks for sharing sir Zeashan H. Khan

In Italy the number of infections has never reached zero. If common sense rules (e.g. social distance, use of PPE) are not adopted, a second wave can be expected.

Surprisingly, the WHO denies the concept of waves (i.e. significant epidemiological changes in the number of infections). I personally believe that, in the current global situation, the limitation of restrictive measures inevitably leads to an increase in the human-human transmissibility of SARS-CoV-2.

Think so dear Pietro Emanuele Napoli and Matteo Nioi and thanks for sharing.

When an infectious disease starts, it increases at an exponential rate, reaches its peak and then declines substantially due to preventive measures undertaken such as lock downs. For the ending of the first wave of COVID 19 pandemic, the virus should have been fully controlled, which is rather impossible, as there remains many asymptomatic and symptomatic individuals, and also vast majority of the peoples are still susceptible to the virus. So, another wave will start with a sustainable rise in infection, leading to second wave of infection, after the with drawl of lock down.

Thanks for nice sharing dear Munira Nasiruddin and there is still confusion about second wave or second peak of the first wave in different countries. Covid-19 is spreading in "one big wave" and is not affected by seasonal trends, according to World Health Organization (WHO) spokesperson Margaret Harris. Hong Kong thinks about third wave. China, Australia, Spain, Japan all facing second wave of cases. USA, Brazil and India are still in the first wave with several peaks. Whatever it is we need to preventive measures to protect ourselves.

Thanks for sharing dear Ijaz Durrani

Slum dwellers, rickshaw pullers, day laborers and destitute are not under lock down in Bangladesh. But they are not under threat of Covid-19, so far we have observed. So, with drawl of lock down and another wave are for whom? We have to rethink the matter deeply that present action of Covid-19 is for whom and why?

Thanks dear M. A. Azadi . Bangladesh is not an example only...look at USA, Europe, latin America please. India reports >50,000 cases 7 days in a row..take a lesson from China where they can conduct more than a million tests per day..hope you can guess better now...Follow WHO's bulletin and you can hear Fauci too...science is more important than politics and emotions...Fauci said it.

Thanks dear Muhammed Ashraful Alam for your nice global analysis. Yes, it is 100% true that science is more important than politics and emotions----as Dr Fauci said. Yes, I know the rate of variation of infection in different countries. Except Educational Institutions and high quality rich peoples, no where in Bangladesh absolute lock down is maintained. Rather, some areas (as I mentioned) are exposed to open air directly and mostly unhygienic conditions prevail there, and also no lock down is maintained there. But the rate of infection is found to be very low compared to the peoples maintaining more hygienic condition. So, I pointed out, natural adaptation is more important than hygienic condition, which should be considered deeply.

Thanks for sharing again dear M. A. Azadi

Yes, dear Ijaz Durrani

I think yes

Think so dear Dunya Mohamed Hameed and new outbreaks are in so many countries (Europe, Australia, Japan, Hong Kong, China, Vietnam, New Zealand etc.) and the pandemic is still roaring.

I do agree with you dear Susan Gurney

Yes, I think, after the withdrawl of lock down, another wave of COVID-19 will come, and it is already being experienced in some countries. People will have an open acess to movement and contamination and this will be the cause of increase of infection and hence the possibility of another wave.

Think so dear Munira Nasiruddin and Hong Kong is facing its third wave now. The pandemic is roaring and it's still beyond control.

Thanks for nice sharing sir Ijaz Durrani

Yes, but it is difficult to predict the scale of the development of the second wave of the SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) coronavirus pandemic. This process has already started in some countries around mid-August 2020. Then the scale of new SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus infections began to increase. However, earlier, in May - June, many countries began to lift anti-pandemic restrictions to a greater or lesser extent (e.g. wearing protective masks, restrictions on the movement of citizens in public places, home quarantine, closed service establishments and institutions, etc.) or their reduction. scale. In addition, in the period June - July 2020, the holiday and tourist season began in many countries. Lifting anti-pandemic restrictions and withdrawing lockdown were indirectly related to the issue of the beginning of the tourist season and to the previously demonstrated decreasing level of new infections and the increasing number of people who recovered from Covid-19 disease (May - August 2020). However, this is history and now more and more data appearing in the media suggest that now (at the end of August 2020) the second wave of the SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) coronavirus pandemic is already starting.

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Dariusz Prokopowicz

Yes, I totally agree.

Believe so and thanks for sharing dear Sonika Kumari .

Sometimes it's difficult to draw a demarcation line between first wave and second wave of cases dear Sonika Kumari . We have seen so many peaks in the first wave of USA, India and Latin America whereas Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, South Korea are worried about second wave and Hong Kong just faced its third wave of cases.

Yes offcourse it will.

Yes. It is clear from graphs.

Unless the virus is controlled there is all possibilities of coming up of new strains and countries are already experiencing second wave of infection.