New Delhi, Apr 8: Setting at rest fears over Covid restrictions being relaxed, several experts say the two-year stringent mask mandate has led to fatigue and can be removed from public spaces for now just as many countries have done. While the message around the benefits of masking should continue, it would be wise to lift the mandate and reintroduce it if there is another Covid wave for better compliance, experts said, pointing to the futility of ill-fitting masks and […]
The assurance comes as India reports a low number of cases – on Thursday 1,033 new coronavirus infections were recorded – and also one case of a new Covid strain in Mumbai.
Experts say strict mask regulations not needed for now - Seeing lowest number of Covid cases in 2 years, several states, like Delhi, Maharashtra, Punjab and Haryana, have done away with mandatory use of mask