AHMEDABAD: The Gujarat government on Friday told the high court that the Government of India ’s insistence on use of temperature guns, masks and sanitizers is not in accordance with any guidelines issued by World Health Organization (WHO) so far as curbing Covid-19 is concerned.The state health department said so in an affidavit filed in the HC in response to the reply sought by the court on what steps the state government has taken to curb the spread of novel coronavirus . It said, “Usage of temperature guns, sanitisers and masks is not must…The insistence of usage of temperature guns at each and every stage by the Government of India is not in accordance with any guidelines issued by WHO. Similarly, there is no need for usage of sanitiser, if one is frequent in hand washing.”The state government explained how a person with high-grade fever is not always a carrier of Covid-19. It further said, “Masks are required to be used by those who are likely to come in touch with suspected cases of coronavirus.” The government asserted that the Centre’s guidelines to use masks create a false sense of security. “Further, there is no scientific evidence to show any health benefits of using masks by non-sick persons in community,” the affidavit reads.