Mumbai: With Europe shaken under a new Covid wave, the doctor here said Mumbaikars would work well to keep wearing a good face mask to 2022.
“Masks must be used to complete the protection provided by the vaccine even if we complete one round of vaccination (consisting Of the two shots), “said Dr Rahul Pandit, member of the state government assignment unit in Covid-19.
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Pandit said Mumbaikars might have to continue using facial masks for “10 to 12 months”.
A senior doctor with a medical college state government said the face mask would be needed for six months at least even if there was no third wave.
American expert Dr.
A Fauci and Philanthropic Bill Gates has on different occasions mentioned that face masks must be used until the end of 2022.
But compliance with the habit of mask has diminished in the city; BMC has collected around Rs 80 Crore in a fine of people who failed to wear a mask in public.
“India has followed the European gap after a gap of two to three months.
So we have to be careful,” “said a senior doctor from the BMC Hospital.
But as Delta (which caused the second wave in India) and his derivative was the only variant circulating in India, experts believe there is no reason to worry until a new variant with high transmission arises Calculating the risk reduction provided by public health measures, ranging from hand laundering until the closing of the school.
“It is very likely that further control of the Covid-19 pandemic depends on the high coverage of vaccination and its effectiveness but also on sustainable compliance with steps Effective and sustainable public health, ” said the author led by Stella Talic from Monash University in Melbourne.
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