New Delhi: The use of max in India has dropped drastically down 60% – the lowest since December 2020 – increasing concerns between health authorities which call it “danger zone” for protection against Covid-19.
It was even below the pre-second wave level, they said.
Call it as a “reality examination”, Niti Aayog member (Health), Dr.
VK Paul, citing data from the Institute of Health Metrics (IHME) which describes how few people use the mask at this time.
It assumes significance because many countries witness a large surge in Covid cases, some despite large-scale vaccinations.
In addition, after the emergence of a new variant, Omicron, the use of masks has become more important to prevent transmission.
“According to this estimate, we are worse now than we before the last surge in Covid case.
On the one hand, we come back to the technical danger zone.
From the point of view of protection capabilities, we now operate at a low level and an unacceptable level, risky rate, “said Paul, added:” We returned to warnings together with the scientific community that there was no time to get rid of our mask.
“Emphasizing the mask is” Universal Social Vaccine “, which needs to be worn even when someone has been vaccinated, the officials underline that The global situation is very “disturbing” with several countries witnessing a large number of cases.
According to iHME data, in early December, the use of masks was around 65%.
When the number of active cases in the country fell, as well as the use of masks, fell to around 60% in mid-February 2021, data showed.
However, because active cases began to increase, as well as the use of masks.
The use of masks peaked to more than 80% between May and June this year, around the time when the country witnessed the second wave of Covid-19 which was awesome.