Covid will become endemic in India in the next six months, the head of a state-run research group has said, referring to stage of a disease when a large section of the population becomes immune. Sujeet Singh, Director of the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), told NDTV Covid could become more manageable in its endemic stage. "This pandemic has defied most of our predictions but in the next six months, we will approach endemic status," Singh said.

Covid will become endemic in India in the next six months, the head of a state-run research group has said, referring to stage of a disease when a large section of the population becomes immune. Sujeet Singh, Director of the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), told NDTV Covid could become more manageable in its endemic stage. "This pandemic has defied most of our predictions but in the next six months, we will approach endemic status," Singh said.