With elections in West Bengal, doctors in the state fear the state is staring at a second wave of severe COVID-19 outbreak.

The state is in the middle of assembly elections. Doctors fear that political rallies that are daily affairs before elections and the frequent flouting of COVID-19 protocols in these events could lead to steep rise in infection numbers of the state. Doctors in Kolkata fear that if protocols continue to be flouted, infections could go back to the 2020 levels.