The scientific community has stated that they had hinted to the Central government about the new variants of Covid-19 virus and also an increase in the cases in May this year. The community, however, did not make any prediction due to lack of data analysis. Dr. M. Vidyasagar, who is a professor at IIT (Hyderabad), stated that by March 13 this year Covid-19 cases were showing an upward trend but as they did not have requisite data available so they did not make any prediction.

Vidyasagar further stated that after they hinted, the government said the authorities made long- and medium-term plans to short-term plans. Based on the events of the past few weeks, however, those plans seem to have been inadequate, said Vidyasagar citing the current crisis of oxygen supply across the country.