Though the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), has brought down the physical distance to be observed between masked people from 6 feet to 3 feet, stating the droplet spread of COVID-19 from person-to-person has come down, health experts in India have a word of caution for Holi.

The colour celebration of Holi is on March 29, at a time the city and state is witnessing a sharp surge in cases of COVID-19 amid sudden rainfall and increasing chances of seasonal flu. The concern is valid as even some people who have been vaccinated with both dosages, are also showing COVID symptoms. But activists quote civic chief IS Chahal, who had recently told people to not have unwanted fear about the surge, as the numbers are bound to increase with a large number of tests happening.