Coronavirus | Experts sound out warning ahead of festive season
The Hindu
Surge in cases likely if people are not cautious, they say
The upcoming festive season could be dangerous and lead to a surge in COVID-19 cases if people are not cautious, doctors and experts from across India have warned. They said social gatherings could turn into super-spreader events if communities fail to follow protocols. The cautionary note comes close on the heels of Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) Director-Ggeneral Balaram Bhargava’s recent advice that vaccination is a disease-modifying, not disease-preventing, option. He advocated continued use of COVID-appropriate behaviour. Nitin Nagarkar, Director, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Raipur, said that people needed to remember that earlier this year the cases had gone down only to shoot up in April, the month when the country saw a massive second wave.More Related News