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To mask up or not on New Year's Eve? Public not keen despite Covid surge

With JN.1, a new COVID-19 subvariant leading the current COVID surge in the country, many Indians wonder if one should mask up as they party this New Year's Eve. Interestingly, 3 in 4 Indians who were surveyed in a study said masks are history and rarely anyone wears them now.

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