"People Invited Laxity" Which Led To Second Covid Wave: Health Minister

Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said the government worked round the clock to stop COVID-19 last year.

While the coronavirus mutated and evolved, citizens let their guard down and all this led to a spike in cases, snowballing into the second wave, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said today. Mr Vardhan made these remarks after distributing masks among frontline workers at the Union Health Ministry. He stated that although this gesture was symbolic, people from various industries and corporate houses, and political leaders holding office could start a virtuous chain by emulating the exercise, eventually amplifying the Jan Andolan to protect everyone from COVID-19 through Covid appropriate behaviour, a Health Ministry statement said. The aim of the exercise in the Health Ministry is to distribute masks to all employees, starting with the frontline workers and eventually moving to other staff.