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Third Covid-19 wave warnings being treated like 'weather updates': Govt

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Fifty-five districts in India are reporting more than 10 per cent positivity for the week ended July 13 while 73 are reporting over 100 cases.

Ruchika Chitravanshi New Delhi
The health ministry on Tuesday said the third wave prediction needs to be taken seriously and not treated as some casual weather update since its prevention lies in the hands of people. 

“It is not like we can go for a vacation before monsoons. This is a continuous fight between the virus and the human being. What we fail to understand is that adherence to Covid-appropriate behaviour or lack of it is what will prevent or cause any future waves,” said Lav Agarwal, joint secretary, health ministry. 

The government, while sharing visuals of crowding in market places and tourist hotspots in Delhi,