Vaccines may have entered the scene, but the novel Coronavirus is not exiting in a hurry, if one goes by statistics. Despite the BMC flattening the curve over the past four months, active infections in the city have remained nearly 7,500 since the past month.

Amid much excitement ahead of vaccine delivery kicking off on Saturday, experts say it will take months to inoculate a big chunk of the population. Considering that no vaccine offers 100 per cent protection, they advise caution since a second wave could be more damaging.