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Covid: Why No Mask? ‘Oh, I live close by’

Many in Kolkata continue to move about without masks like nothing’s changed. The Telegraph criss-crossed the city on Monday

Jhinuk Mazumdar, Bishwarup Dutta Kolkata Published 11.01.22, 01:45 AM
When spotted with the mask in her other hand, the woman said: “I will wear it after the call is over”. She spoke for 10 minutes.

When spotted with the mask in her other hand, the woman said: “I will wear it after the call is over”. She spoke for 10 minutes.

Many in Kolkata continue to move about without masks like nothing’s changed. The Telegraph criss-crossed the city on Monday.

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A biker was spotted on Elgin Road without a mask (and without a helmet). In fact when the photographer tried to ask him the reason, he drove close to the car to hear him properly. “I will wear it,” he said and sped away.

A man and a woman without masks were waiting for a bus at Mudiali. When the photographer approached them, the woman wore a mask. Soon they boarded a crowded bus. The man still did not wear a mask.

Two women were walking down Southern Avenue, one of them without a mask. When the photographer asked her, the woman without the mask said: “Oh, I live close by... I will wear it.”

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