Covid Protocol

Why no mask? ‘Covid not a danger now’

Several Calcuttans are without masks even when they are on busy thoroughfares

By Jhinuk Mazumdar, Sanat Kr Sinha | Published 22.02.22, 07:39 AM

A man was walking along Chowringhee Road without a mask. “Fanka rastay hantchi tai mask ta khule haate niyechi. Abar porey pore nebo (I took off my mask since this is an empty stretch. I will wear it again),” he said.

A man waiting on the edge of the footpath along Park Street had no mask. “Aabhi corona ka probhab utna tez nehi hai. (Covid is no longer that dangerous),” he said.

A man was spotted crossing the Park Street-Chowringhee Road intersection holding a mask. When asked why he was holding the mask instead of wearing it, he replied: “I took it off just now. Will wear it soon.”

A man looking at his mobile phone near the Esplanade Metro railway station said: “Jol khabo tai khulechi. (I will be drinking water, so I took off the mask.)”

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