 "A health worker administers a dose of Covid-19 vaccine to a visitor at a vaccination centre in Kolkata on October 22, 2021. (PTI Photo/ Swapan Mahapatra)")
The surge in Covid cases this festival season appears to have been rather subdued. Vaccinations and prior Covid infections may have lowered the count. Moreover, India’s overall Covid cases had risen in the same period last year, but been on the wane after the second wave of the pandemic.
National Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation in India chief N K Arora said there were two factors at work. One, a sustained demonstration of discipline by citizens. Two, widespread infection by the Delta variant.
“Discipline is of core importance. Even if 25 per cent people in a public place are wearing
