Will only hasten 3rd wave: Delhi HC flags violations as city unlocks

New Delhi, June 18: The Delhi High Court on Friday warned that breach of Covid protocol will only hasten the third wave and asked the Centre and Delhi government to take strict action against violators and sensitise shopkeepers.

A vacation bench of Justices Navin Chawla and Asha Menon took note of certain photographs sent to one of the judges of the high court by an AIIMS doctor showing scant regard for Covid protocols by street vendors in the markets.

"We have paid a huge price in the second wave. We don't know if there is any household which has not suffered in the second wave, closely or remotely," the bench observed.