Crowding at hill stations scary, says ICMR chief

New Delhi, July 6 With daily Covid-19 cases falling to 34,703, the government on Tuesday flagged “frightening laxity” on part of the people and said the timing and scale of the third wave would depend on collective behaviour. Reacting to...

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Updated At : 01:02 PM Jul 07, 2021 IST

New Delhi, July 6

With daily Covid-19 cases falling to 34,703, the government on Tuesday flagged “frightening laxity” on part of the people and said the timing and scale of the third wave would depend on collective behaviour.

Reacting to pictures of overcrowded hill stations, shopping areas and other public places, ICMR Director General Balram Bhargava said the frames were “frightening”. He said there were still 73 districts in 14 states, including Himachal’s Kinnaur, where positivity rate was over 10 per cent.

He advised restrictions in these districts, some of which “are still in the middle of the second wave”. The official data showed that 80 per cent new cases concentrated in 90 districts, signalling localised infection. — TNS

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