Travelers From The UK On The Loose In India
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By Linus Garg
First publised on 2020-12-31 02:32:44
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Linus tackles things head-on. He takes sides in his analysis and it fits excellently with our editorial policy. No 'maybe's' and 'allegedly' for him, only things in black and white.
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It is disgusting that some people are neither concerned about their own well being nor about the well being of millions of their fellow citizens. The way the lady, who arrived from the UK at the Indira Gandhi International airport in New Delhi vanished from the airport and boarded a train to travel to Vizag, shows her utter disregard for accepting rules in times of the pandemic. The biggest worry is that she is not alone. All over the country, state governments are grappling with the problem of identifying and tracing people who have entered the country from the UK since end-November. These people do not have the civic sense of reporting to the authorities to undergo testing to find out if they are carrying the deadlier variant of the coronavirus which is on the loose in the UK. They are washing away the efforts of our frontline workers in fighting the virus by roaming around the country like ticking time bombs who can be superspreaders.
The Andhra Pradesh government has already announced a high alert after the lady who traveled to Vizag was found to be carrying the mutated strain of the virus. In Maharashtra, more than a 100 persons are suspected to have arrived from the UK in Mumbai and then traveled by road to Pune. They are yet to be traced. +Odisha too is facing the same problem with nearly a 100 travelers. This is proving to be a huge strain on the system which was slowly but surely stopping the spread of the virus. If people do not realize the immense health risk they are carrying which might affect them and others critically in a few days, they are being shortsighted. Just to avoid the few hours of detention for testing and then isolation if they are found positive, they are putting the entire community at risk. This is highly unsocial, anti-national and unacceptable behavior on their part. The government must introduce a penalty for such rogue travelers who refuse to follow the health protocols during the pandemic.
Picture not of actual traveler from UK but for representation purpose only
