Up till September 2020, when Covid-19 cases were at their peak in Maharashtra, Prakash Khambe was particular about staying indoors and foll...
Up till September 2020, when Covid-19 cases were at their peak in Maharashtra, Prakash Khambe was particular about staying indoors and following all safety precautions to protect himself from the virus when he stepped out. As the numbers shrunk over the next few months, Khambe began to relax.
Now, with Mumbai and Maharashtra clearly in the throes of a fresh Covid-19 wave, the 53-year-old chartered accountant feels unperturbed. He has been using available public transport for over four months, going to office, visiting clients and restaurants, and does not plan to stop doing any of it despite the rise in Covid cases across the city.
“I am less afraid of Covid now,” said Khambe, who lives and works in suburban Mumbai. “People are saying it’s a second wave, but I don’t think it is so serious this time. So many people are going out regularly to work and they are surviving, right?”
Khambe’s comments reflect the attitude of several Maharashtra residents who are neither worried nor scared of the surge in coronavirus cases reported in the state in the past few weeks.
On February 22, Maharashtra had reported 5,200 cases, with most of them located in Amravati, Yavatmal and Akola districts. Now, the daily cases have more than tripled, with 15,051 new cases reported...
