Write a letter to the editor of a national daily sharing your views on the ongoing pandemic situation and the precautions that people must take in order to safeguard themselves from the adverse effects of Covid-19. Also, write about how people are showing a casual approach which needs to stop. You are Bharat/Bani, a resident of 251, Green Park, New Delhi. (Word Limit: 120-150)
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Despite assurances, I have never experienced so much fear and anxiety in my life as I feel now about the COVID-19 pandemic (Page 1, “No community transmission of coronavirus, says Centre”, March 22). I am 84, and have seen disasters like the tsunami, floods after tanks have breached, and epidemics such as cholera. But COVID-19 has made them all insignificant. It is unsettling that cases are galloping. With no vaccine in sight in the foreseeable future, people have to be very conscious not to create problems as far as the infection transmission cycle is concerned. There was curfew during the world wars to safeguard ourselves from enemy’s attack. Now, a 14-hour lockdown has to be thought of to try and help safeguard ourselves from a pandemic