Carry out ‘surgical strike’ on coronavirus: Bombay HC to Centre

Bombay HC also questions BMC as to how at the beginning of the vaccination drive a senior politician got his dose at his residence in Mumbai

The Bombay High Court on June 9 said the Centre’s approach against coronavirus, which is the society’s biggest enemy at present, should be “like a surgical strike” instead of standing at the borders waiting for the virus to come out. A Division Bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice G.S. Kulkarni said the Union government’s new “near to home” vaccination programme was like waiting for the virus carrier to come to the Centre. “Coronavirus is our biggest enemy. We need to strike it down. The enemy is residing in certain areas and in some people who are unable to come out. Your [government] approach should be like a surgical strike. You are standing at the borders waiting for the virus carrier to come to you. You are not entering the enemy territory,” Chief Justice Datta said.