<span style="color: #222222;">The Telangana state health authorities have issued an alert and urged people to take precautions like wearing masks at crowded locations and taking Covid booster. State Public Health Director Dr. G. Srinivas Rao issued the alert in the wake of the recent rise of Covid infections in Delhi besides states like Uttar Pradesh and Haryana.<br />''<br />''The Director said there is no clarity at this juncture that the steady rise in Covid infections in Northern States is an indication of a fourth wave. However, he said in view of the past experience of facing the past three waves, this is the right time for people in the state to start taking precautions.</span><br />