 Hi, I am Dr. Sachin, Super Speciality Consultant, Interventional Pulmonologist and Critical Care Specialist at Manipal Hospital, Bangalore. As we are seeing a definite surge in the number of cases in India, especially in some hot spots, why is the surge happening in the last couple of days? Is it because of the new variants? Is it because we have let our guard down? Let us have a look on these. Once the COVID-19 cases started to decline, what do we have done? We have let our guard down. We have allowed international travel. There is mass gathering happening everywhere. No proper social distancing. Sanitization process has come down and masking obviously has come down. So it's not the data that suggests that it's not the new variants that is causing the surge, but it is definitely due to the guard that we have let down, which is causing the surge in the COVID cases. So what can we do for this? COVID-19 being predominantly a droplet respiratory infection, we have to follow all the measures, including sanitization, masking, social distancing, avoid unnecessary travel and limited lockdown also in hot spot areas and preventing the leakage of cases into the non-containment areas can definitely prevent the surge and the prevent a second wave to come in India. So vaccination on the other hand is definitely contributing to the decrease in the number of cases and also the decrease in the mortality associated with COVID-19. We at Manipal Hospital have ensured that there is a proper entry exit, there is sanitization, thermal screening and adequately trained staff around the clock available with proper protective gear to take care of the COVID cases. So COVID-19 has not gone, it is still lurking around, so I would ensure everybody to please come around if you have symptoms, get yourself tested and prevent COVID-19, stay safe and stay healthy.