Public health expert warns of further risk of COVID-19

At a time when the administration has relaxed the lockdown to continue human and economic activities for some days, a public health expert has warned of increasing risk in the absence of strict implementation of safety protocol.

Public health expert Dr Rabindra Pande said the prohibitory order was relaxed not because the risk of COVID-19 fizzled out. “The coronavirus infection rate was still at 25 to 30 per cent. Test for the virus was not increased by the government nor shown interest by the public,” he reminded, adding there is the possibility of a third wave of Delta variant of the coronavirus. Dr Pande however said there is no possibility of new variant of coronavirus at present.