IMD issues red alert for Mumbai, city to experience heavy... PG 04 << VIEWS & VISION OF CITY Volume: 12, Issue: 257 THURSDAY, JUNE 10, 2021, MUMBAI 12 Pages, ₹2 /- RNI No. MAHENG/2009/29332 www.afternoonvoice.com Arjun Kapoor Senior Congress 'basking in love' leader Jitin Prasada after 'Sandeep joins BJP, says Aur Pinky ... 'PM Modi ... << PG 12 << PG 05 I used to work as Joint secretary of Delhi and closely managing and building party organisation across Delhi. Working Pawan Sharma with the party since Anna Andolan. Today the has Party appointed Appointed As In-charge Of me as a Prabhari, my role will be like an observer and building organisation. Aam The Aap Mumbai Youth Wing Aadmi Party always appoints Prabhari's Dr. Vaidehi Taman Mumbai, will benefit greatly from his leadership and he is afternoon_voice appointed with immediate effect". from other "The Aam Aadmi Party is a party of young states. I with he Aam Aadmi Party on Wednesday announced the people. We have always nurtured youth along with the appointment of Pawan Sharma, as the 'Prabhari' – leadership and provided an opportunity to team will focus Tin-charge of the AAP Mumbai Youth Wing. The youth leaders to use the AAP as a vehicle for on organization party is building its organization brick by brick in Mumbai, transformative social change. We believe building and in the run-up to the upcoming BMC polls. young people are best placed to get elected as Durgesh Pathak, AAP Maharashtra municipal councillors and give the much-needed dynamic core issues of Prabhari, said "Pawan Sharma is a leadership to BMC. Unlike traditional parties which people." diligent, experienced and well- indulge in tokenism and are limited to local dynasties, accomplished leader from Delhi money power and divisive agenda, the AAP will empower and holds several important the youth as changemakers. We welcome Pawan's responsibilities in the party. He has appointment and look forward to working with him to extensively built the party ground up, at the strengthen AAP in Mumbai.", said Preeti Sharma Menon, grassroots. The party's organization in AAP Mumbai Prabhari. After very hot summer, the Rains were relief to Mumbaikar he Southwest Monsoon arrived two days ahead of its Shivaji Maharaj Terminus were halted as water was flowing over normal date, but that was a bit of a respite. Mumbai's tracks between Kurla and Sion railway stations. Traffic was stopped Tsummer was very rude this year. Due to lockdown most of at 9.50 am, decision taken as a precautionary measure to avoid any the population stayed at home, huge electricity bills, credit card untoward incident. If sufficient measures are implemented in terms bills, grocery bills, recovery agent chasing and above all hottest of social distancing, wearing masks and avoiding crowds, it summer. declines COVID but unfortunately the elections rallies to Kumbh The India Meteorological Department issued a red alert for mela and above all the celebrations made serge in cases. When - Mumbai, Thane, Palghar, and Raigad, which signifies a possibility inevitably - people who never respected social distance, mask of 'Very heavy to extremely heavy rain at isolated places' but that is wearing or enhanced hygiene get to stroll about sharing diseases. fine, our Mumbai knows how to deal with water logging. Dr.Vaidehi As usual local train services between Kurla and Chhatrapati CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 afternoonvoice.com/editorial [email protected] afternoon_voice afternoonvoicenews THURSDAY, JUNE 10, 2021 Editoritis AFTERNOON VOICE, MUMBAI 02 After very hot summer, the Rains were relief to Mumbaikar << that was before a rollout that has seen the most PAGE 1 infected. As the immunity increases, the virus does vulnerable third of the nation protected. not have the opportunity to grow. From the figures on reduction of transmission, the A phase three of COVID is inevitable given the People thought they have developed herd immunity impact of idiots assuming if the figures fall high levels of circulating virus, but the time scale is and now no virus can affect them and they will easily COVID19 got bored and wandered off to chase not yet clear. On immunity getting eroded by the overcome the virus as they did last year but in reality butterflies, ought to be reduced by two thirds. A evolution of SARS-CoV-2, experts said it is the previous year we were not saved by any herd second wave was predicted from the beginning, and a positioned somewhere between measles and immunity or any other measure but only by an early “lock-down, was only a temporary measure while influenza. Measles immunity never gets eroded while Lockdown which helped in curbing the spread of working out how to handle the virus more influenza gets depleted rapidly. The viral evolution of corona virus. sustainably. SARS-CoV-2 is somewhere in between but will This mistake caused the number of cases to rise The second wave so far, seems pretty bad when it change. rapidly and soon it became a burden on an already comes to the number of cases. However, in terms of As new variants of a virus are natural, the existing stressed healthcare system which causes the overloaded hospitals and mortality it looks a little variants will make way for new variants which may overexploitation of resources and eventually we ran better, at least right now. So we got an impression that or may not be more virulent, but variants should not out of oxygen supply. The government lacked in the virus has done, as most viruses do, and mutated make any difference in people's primary approach to anticipating the second wave which led us into a less deadly but more virulent version. Now the combat Covid-19, which should consist of unprepared and under-sourced; sooner we fell short third wave is approaching. maintaining social distancing. While in 2019 and on oxygen, the number of beds, medicines, and Vaccine drives are on rise, sooner or later 2020, the virus continued to be a generalist, like a key medical equipment. everything is going to be normal. The first wave that can be fitted into many locks, the virus in 2021 In addition to this people started black marketing of halted as a combination of a standing level of became much fitter and efficient as it is trying a "hit beds, oxygen, vaccines and also plasma by worsening immunity in the population and cautionary steps. The and run lifestyle" to gain entry to the human body. In the already worse situation. This caused an increase second wave started because new opportunities for the coming days, the virus will become more efficient in the fatality rate as the people who could have the spread of the infection came up. When the guard as immunity; vaccination is building adaptive recovered started fading due to lack of oxygen drops, the immunity is sometimes not enough to stop pressure on the virus. support and other medical facilities. the infection from spreading. Many people get Useless preventive measures are encouraging local Soon as the situation normalizes, caution is thrown infected until a new threshold of immunity is reached. and national leaders in many countries to to the wind. I have seen so many examples I don't Such a second wave is typically larger than the first significantly overstep their boundaries. Sooner or even know where to begin. The only language people wave. However, multiple parameters can change in later, probably sooner, the average citizen is going to in India understand is astral fines and severe lathi small amounts and add up to a second wave which is start rebelling. Governments have lost significant charge breaking their bones. Every time restrictions much larger than the first wave. In early 2021, a very credibility on this issue, and this is leading to real and have been lifted, there is a dramatic surge in cases, but large number of people all over the world had been potential social breakdown. 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Any litigation against the content or publication will be entertained under the Jurisdiction of Mumbai only. afternoonvoice.com/opinion [email protected] afternoon_voice afternoonvoicenews THURSDAY, JUNE 10, 2021 Voices AFTERNOON VOICE, MUMBAI 03 he game of cricket and controversies go hand in glove. TAnd when a player like Ashwin going great guns in international cricket, critics find a new way in Ashw n passing comments against the quality of the ace off spinner. Former great players from down Ashwin is a under felt that Ravichandran Ashwin Outstanding is a better spinner as compared to best spinner to “ Nathan Lyon. We observed that how commence an Lyon is scored off through the onside innings with when he is bowling to the right- handers and that is why Ashwin has the new ball an edge over Lyon. Ashwin has taken and that was 409 wickets in 78 Tests at an average an added of 24.69, including 30 five-wicket scalps against southpaws and that is against New Zealand starting June 18 hauls and seven 10-wicket hauls.