Ludhiana: As the number of Covid-19 cases as well as fatalities have reduced significantly in the city, residents can now be seen reluctant in wearing masks or are wearing it improperly. Therefore, the administration has come up with a joint research programme of police and doctors, ‘Use of Mask’, which was launched by the administration in the city on Saturday. Under this programme, the cops will make people fill the forms. Under this survey the police administration and doctors will analyse why people are not wearing the masks.
Additional deputy commissioner of police Rupinder Kaur Sra, also the nodal officer for Covid-19 here, said that this survey would cover various aspects to know the actual reason why people don’t wear masks. The survey will also include whether people without masks are literate or illiterate, male or female, are of what age, of what occupation, belong to urban or rural areas, are natives or migrants, etc. Besides, efforts will be made to try and find out if the cost of the mask is the reason for not wearing it, is or is it uncomfortable, or they think that it is not useful.
Further, they will also be asked if they feel wearing a mask can prevent Covid-19 spread, and according to them which precaution is most important for its prevention.
“This form has been prepared by the doctors of DMC hospital in three languages, Hindi, English and Punjabi. We have set a target to get this form filled by at least 7,000 people. The interns of DMCH will be getting these filled at religious places and markets, besides cops are giving these forms to the traffic wing. The traffic cops at different chowks will make people fill the form. Further, we will also involve restaurants and malls for this job,” added ADCP Sra. She added the person filling the form will also be given a goodies bag sponsored by a company.