Second Wave Not Yet Over, Warns Government's Top Adviser

Top officials said the country was not yet done with the second spike and "we need to introspect if we can afford misplaced belief that COVID-19 is over."

The second wave of Covid, which caused an unprecedented number of infections in March-April, is not yet over, the government warned today, urging people to keep following precautions like avoiding crowds and wearing masks. "The war is not over yet," said VK Paul, who heads the government's Covid task force, said at the Union Health Ministry press conference. "The second wave is not over yet. There is still danger. It is necessary to keep following Covid protocol in order to close the second wave fully," he added. At the briefing, a video of a huge maskless crowd at Mussourie's Kempty Falls was played out. The visuals from tourist spots are "a serious cause of concern" and such negligence causes virus spread, said the government.