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The coronavirus pandemic has been spreading exponentially in India over the past few weeks and the total number of cases is rising at an alarming rate if we look at the graph since early April. While the central government is confident of warding off the threat soon, experts and medics still believe the worst is yet to come. With around 53,000 cases across the country and nearly 1,800 deaths over the past four months of the outbreak in India, the threat is very much imminent in this country of over 135 crore people. The Director of All India Institute of Medical Sciences in Delhi, Dr Randeep Guleria, on Thursday said that the peak of the pandemic outbreak is yet to arrive in India and he has predicted it to be at its worst around June-July. According to modelling data and the way our cases are increasing, it is likely that the peak can come in June and July. But, there are many variables and with time only we will know how much they are effective and the effect of extending the lockdown, Guleria said. His statements come a day after telling The Indian Express that the curve has not shown a downward trend yet, though the nationwide lockdown has helped flatten it. The next four to six weeks will be very, very important because the lockdown cannot be there forever, the AIIMS director had said on Wednesday, adding that “the focus now should be to identify spots that are showing a spike in cases and turn them into containment zones”.