Buyers defying covid protocols go shopping in Delhi’s Meena Bazar in winter
New Delhi:
A day after the national capital reported 107 Covid cases, Delhi’s malls and markets were buzzing with shoppers today, its highest daily increase in six months.
Massive crowds thronged Janpath Bazar and Meena Bazar on Monday for winter and year-end festivals.
Shoppers at Janpath Market for winter shopping defying the Kovid protocol.
The daily cases have increased with the new variant Omicron spreading rapidly around the world. The total number of Omicron patients in Delhi increased by 12 to 22 on Friday.
As cases rise in the national capital, doctors have urged people to avoid large gatherings and follow social distancing protocols. Doctors fear that given the highly contagious nature of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus, the pandemic could worsen otherwise.
Health experts and doctors treating Covid patients at major government and private facilities in Delhi have said there was a “satisfaction among a large section of citizens” despite witnessing the “horrors of a second wave” of Covid infections earlier this year. The feeling” has arisen again. ,
Scientists are concerned that existing vaccines are not very effective against Omicron. The World Health Organization said today that the new version of COVID-19 is also more severe than Delta.
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said during a media briefing, “There is now consistent evidence that Omicron is spreading much faster than the delta version. And it is more likely that those vaccinated against COVID-19 or Those who have recovered may become infected or re-infected.” Briefing.
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