Only 11 pc Delhiites believe COVID-19 compliance effective: Survey

India

pti-PTI

New
Delhi,
Aug
11:
As
COVID-19
cases
are
on
the
rise,
a
survey
claimed
that
only
11
per
cent
Delhiites
believed
compliance
was
effective
and
seven
per
cent
people
said
social
distancing
was
being
followed
in
their
area.

Local
social
network
‘LocalCircles’ carried
out
the
survey
in
the
national
capital
with
6,291
respondents
for
three
categories
—
mask
compliance,
type
of
masks
used
and
social
distancing.

Of
the
2,102
people
surveyed
for
mask
compliance,
33
per
cent
respondents
said
though
they
had
masks,
they
did
not
wish
to
wear
them
while
31
per
cent
people
said
they
had
stopped
carrying
masks
altogether.

Around
25
per
cent
people
said
they
seldom
wore
masks
while
only
about
11
per
cent
people
said
they
used
masks
all
the
time.

Of
the
2,091
people
surveyed
for
the
type
of
masks
they
used,
53
per
cent
said
they
wore
the
ones
made
of
cloth,
26
per
cent
used
disposable
masks
and
seven
per
cent
wore
N-95.
‘LocalCircles’
asked
2,098
people
whether
they
followed
social
distancing.

New
Omicron
sub-variant
BA.2.75
detected
in
more
than
half
of
samples
analysed,
finds
Delhi
hospital
study

Of
these,
51
per
cent
people
said
they
do
not
comply
with
this
practice
at
all,
while
34
per
cent
said
there
was
little
compliance.
Only
seven
per
cent
respondents
said
social
distancing
was
effective
in
their
area.

Amid
a
spike
in
cases
over
the
last
week,
Chief
Minister
Arvind
Kejriwal
had
on
Tuesday
said
though
the
cases
were
on
the
rise,
there
was
no
need
to
panic
as
most
of
the
new
infections
were
mild
in
nature.

Delhi
has
recorded
40
deaths
due
to
COVID-19
so
far
this
month,
a
nearly
three-fold
rise
as
against
the
last
10
days
of
July,
when
14
people
succumbed
to
the
viral
disease,
according
to
official
data.

During
the
third
wave
of
the
pandemic,
the
number
of
daily
COVID-19
cases
in
Delhi
had
touched
a
high
of
28,867
on
January
13.