ANI that masks should continue to be worn, especially in crowded or poorly ventilated places. "I don't think it is time to completely throw precautions away.
I personally believe that in any crowded place where we are sitting fairly close to each other or in a poorly ventilated place, we must wear a mask.
A mask definitely has a role in curtailing transmission," she said. "Most of the time when children pick up an infection, it is mild or asymptomatic.
But when a child with infection comes home and if there is an unvaccinated or a sick, older person, they can transmit the infection," Dr Abraham said.