Social distancing and lockdowns have produced considerable financial losses throughout the world– however with numerous nations now alleviating restrictions, fear is rising about the danger of a 2nd wave of infections.
Bottom line:
- Some professionals hesitate to utilize the term “second wave”
- It is utilized to refer to a continual boost in virus cases
- Some countries are using the term while others are avoiding it
South Korea has actually had to put restrictions back in place after a large spike in cases in the capital Seoul. Earlier today authorities revealed the nation was experiencing a second wave
Nevertheless some are reluctant to utilize the term, and in spite of it coming up in conversations about the pandemic so frequently, “second wave” is not an epidemiological term and it is challenging to specify.
A case in point: in spite of Seoul saying it believed it was going through a 2nd wave, a World Health Company (WHO) representative declined to duplicate that idea when discussing the scenario in South Korea yesterday.
So what actually makes up a second wave of coronavirus infections? And if South Korea’s experiencing one now, which nations are most likely to be next?
What even is a 2nd wave?
According to Marc Lipsitch, director of the Centre for Communicable Illness Characteristics at the Harvard School of Pub