Coronavirus | Mask-up at home, says NITI Aayog member

No need for panic, says AIIMS head.

Dr V.K. Paul, Member (health) at the NITI Aayog, involved closely in India's COVID management strategy, has recommended that everyone wears masks even at home. “The time has come to recommend wearing a mask even if you are at home,” said Dr. Paul at the weekly press briefing by the Health Ministry. “We used to speak of masking up when leaving home but now, just in case someone at home catches the virus, it would be advisable to wear one. When someone at home is positive, then definitely.” Other officials present at the briefing, including Joint Secretary, Lav Agrawal, Dr Randeep Guleria, Director, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi also emphasised the importance of masks, social distancing but underlined multiple times that people “shouldn't be panicking.”