50% Indians not Wearing Mask: Study

Throwing caution to the wind. Seen here are people walking in a busy street in gay abandon

New Delhi: Indians have been moving about in gay abandon without wearing a mask. According survey carried out in 25 cities, which involved 2,000 respondents it was found that irresponsible behaviour is a major concern.

The Union health ministry said on Thursday that 50 per per cent of the country’s population isn’t wearing a mask, as it shared an update about Covid-19 situation in India.

At the media briefing, health ministry Joint Secretary Lav Agarwal said that eight states have more than 1 lakh active cases of Covid-19, nine states have 50,000 to 1 lakh active cases and 19 states have less than 50,000 active cases of the infection.

According to the survey, cited by the health ministry and posted on Twitter by the ministry of information and broadcasting, of the 50 per cent people who do not wear mask, 64 per cent cover mouth but not nose, 20 per cent have it on chin and two per cent on the neck.

Only 14 per cent people wear the mask correctly, said the survey, which covers nose, mouth, chin and with a clip on the nose.