Excelsior Correspondent
Srinagar, Apr 9: With the imposition of night curfew in J&K, Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) today said the move won’t stop the spread of COVID-19 infection.
In a statement issued here, DAK president, Dr Nisar ul Hassan said that it beats logic to have restrictions at night when most of the crowds are during the day.
“One wonders how night curfew will help in curbing the spread when people go about their business during the day hours; we have no nightlife in Kashmir. There is no movement at all during the night hours. Life comes to a standstill in the night,” he said in a statement.
Dr Nisar said that all activities happen during the day and that is the time when virus transmission occurs. “It is during the daytime that huge crowds are seen in markets, large gatherings are seen at social and public functions which are the main cause behind the spread of Covid-19 infection in the community.”
He said that Kashmir is reeling under the grip of a raging second wave of COVID-19 with the surge in several cases and hospitalizations too. “J&K Government yesterday has announced the imposition of night curfew in a bid to contain the spread of coronavirus.”
“There is no data to support the use of night curfew to reduce the virus transmission,” he said, adding that instead of applying night curfew, we need to make people understand that corona is still here and they need to be cautious.
He said that the key is to ramp up the vaccine drive and inoculate as many people quickly as possible.
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