Easing of lockdown one of reasons for second Covid surge in India: Government tells Rajya Sabha
A number of central teams deployed to states and union territories during February to May pointed out lack of adherence to Covid appropriate behaviour and sub-optimal efforts at containment.
Share Via Email
| A+A A-
Police check for the e-pass due to the complete lockdown in Coimbatore City. (File | U Rakesh Kumar, EPS)
By PTI
NEW DELHI: Easing of lockdown combined with pandemic fatigue, lack of community adherence to Covid appropriate behaviour and evolution and circulation of more transmissible variants of SARS-CoV-2 viruses all played a part in the second surge that India witnessed during April to May, the government told Rajya Sabha Tuesday.