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The recent wave of corona virus is spreading like a ‘tsunami’in India. As on April 23, 2021, the COVID-19 cases have crossed the 15.9 million, with 1, 85,000 deaths. The 2nd wave is evolving at a phenomenal speed as compared to the 1st wave. There could be several factors responsible for the increased number of cases in the second wave. It is observed that the mutant virus has more effective transmission capability and its incubation period is also lesser. There has been a widespread disregard to the ‘Covid Appropriate Behaviours or CAB’by the public and the quality of masks used are highly variable. N-95 masks are not much favored masks in India, due to their higher costs and the majority public are using either the indigenous masks made of clothes or are repeatedly using the same and worn out masks. The sharp rise can also be attributed to the higher testing; but, the doubts have been raised about the …