Gurgaon: You can’t get rid of the mask even if you are fully vaccinated.
This is a firm advice from doctors amid concerns about the high transmission of the Omicron variant of SARS-COV2, a virus that causes covid, and the possibility of other waves.
There is enough evidence of anecdotal showing guards are crowded markets, restaurants and malls, for example.
But greater anxiety is the absence of a mask on many faces.
The number of new infections reported in the city is still low but has shown a consistent increase trend.
The case number rises in Delhi too.
On Thursday, the city recorded 28 new Covid cases.
Twenty-nine infections were recorded in the city on Wednesday and 23 on Tuesday.
At present, there are 139 active cases in the city, which are most in almost six months.
Dr.
Sushila Kataria, senior director of the Ministry of Internal Medicine in Medanta, told Tii, “see a surge in Covid-19 cases in other parts of the world, especially Britain, South Africa and the US, this might be the beginning of the third wave in India too.
So, we It must be wiser and ensure that in this holiday season, there are no unnecessary trips, we maintain our bio bubbles and don’t go to big meetings, concerts and other programs that are in the area that are closed or not properly ventilated.
“Even those who are Having completed their vaccination schedule with both doses must celebrate in small groups, choose outside places and keep their masks, the Kataria suggested.
Dr.
Reshma Tewari, the head of the critical care unit at Artemis Hospital, said compliance with the Covid protocol had become loose for the past few months.
“We must be very careful.
Experts, throughout the world, expect the third wave will be a short and sharp surge but will be naive to believe that it will not happen,” he said, adding that while the number of covid revenues in the hospital had dropped Drastically over the past few months, two to three patients came regularly now.
The doctor said the coverage of vaccination was high in Gurgaon and Delhi assured, but regardless of this immune level gave people and whether Omicron would likely cause severe or no disease, there was no room for satisfaction.
“If a surge in the case is sharp, then a small portion of critical cases may be actually quite high.
However, the percentage of our vaccinated population is better.
If the third wave comes, it may not be like the second wave.
After saying it, it is a responsibility We are to stop this transmission chain.
If anyone has symptoms such as flu, they must be isolated.
Those who have not been vaccinated must be posted immediately, “Dr.
Arunesh Kumar, Head of the Department of Pulmonology at the Paras Hospital, said.