The Telangana government which had dropped the mask mandate from April 1, announced a couple of weeks later that it was compulsory to wear a mask in public places.

On March 31, when Dr G Srinivasa Rao, Telangana Director of Public Health (DPH) announced that COVID-19 restrictions in the state would be lifted from April 1, people couldn’t really believe what they had heard. Lifting of COVID-19 regulations meant no masks, no penalty for not wearing a mask, no...