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COVID-19 is world war, has spread like wildfire due to lack of implementation of guidelines: SC

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The Supreme Curt Friday said that COVID -19 pandemic has spread like a “wildfire” in the country due to lack of implementation of guidelines and standard operating procedure(SoPs) issued to contain it. Terming it as a ‘world war’ agains COVID -19 ,the apex court said that due to the ‘ unprecedented pandemic’ everybody in this world is suffering one way or the other.

A bench headed by Justice Ashok Bhushan said that any decision to impose curfew or lockdown must be announced long in advance so that people may know and make provisions for thier livelihood. It is the time to rise to the occasion .Safety and health of the citizens must be the first priorty ,rather than any other considerations,the bench said. The top court passed a slew of directions for implementation of the COVID-19 guidelines and SOPs across the country.

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