Covid-19 live and kicking, don't shun mask, booster: Experts

Updated On: 11 June, 2022 07:23 AM IST | Mumbai | Suraj Pandey

Doctors say rising hospitalisations needing oxygen support means cases are getting serious; advise masking, social distancing

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Beneficiaries get a booster dose, at Nair hospital on Wednesday. Pics/Ashish Raje

Don`t take COVID lightly. This is the message experts have sought to give as cases start shooting up. As per government data on Friday, 24 people died of the disease in as many hours in India. Mumbai has also been reporting over 1,000 cases a day for the past three days. While only 64 patients were hospitalised on May 26, the number has now leapt to 323, with 78 of them on oxygen support.

Dr HARSHAD Limaye, senior consultant, internal medicine and infectious diseases, Nanavati Hospital, said, “In the past two weeks, the number of COVID infections has risen by a whopping 380 per cent, from 350 on May 26 to over 1,700 on June 9. The exponential rise in cases mirrors the lackadaisical precautionary approach of our society. Though COVID infections are not causing hospitalisations, individuals with comorbidities are worsening rapidly after being infected. If the majority continues to avoid mask usage, social distancing, and hand sanitisation, we will have to suffer the repercussions of the fourth wave.”

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