Today I was greeted by a very unusual sight that I've never witnessed in my city before... I saw majority of the people wearing green-masks to protect themselves from the virus. The masks are being sold like hot-cakes at every chemist shop.
With two deaths so far and so many fresh cases being reported, the fear and the panic is understandable. With most reported cases being kids and students, schools are closed. Quite a few office-colleagues of mine have taken off or are working from home as there's no-one to babysit their kids who are now happily staying at home for the schools are shut. Also there's apprehension amongst parents regarding the spread of this virus at creches. Most private doctors, fearing backlash, are referring every damn case with diagnosis of a flu to the over-burdened Government centres for H1N1 screening. The crowd outside the Naidu Hospital is overwhelming.
Pune is ailing. My city has never looked this sick before :-(
