With more festivals on the cards — Navratri and Dusshera, for example — the government has advised that people should go in for low-key celebrations to prevent the spread of Covid-19, since the country was still grappling with the second wave of the pandemic
Dr Balram Bhargava, Director General, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has advised that people should go for responsible travel and not revenge travel. “Low key celebrations of festivals should be encouraged to avoid the spread (of Covid). Responsible travel rather than revenge travel should be practiced.”
“The overall declining trend is a little less than 50 per cent which was there in the first wave. We’re are still witnessing 2nd surge; it’s not over.”
— Rajesh Bhushan, Union Health Secretary
As the festive season starts, the government is wary. The state governments of Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, and the government of Union Territory Delhi have restricted the public celebrations of Ganesh Chaturthi. With more festivals on the cards — Navratri and Dusshera, for example — the government has advised that people should go in for low-key celebrations to prevent the spread of Covid-19, since the country was still grappling with the second wave of the pandemic.
Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan had in yesterday’s Ministry Of Health and Family Welfare briefing said that 60.98 per cent of the total active COVID-19 cases in India were from Kerala and of the 43,263 COVID-19 cases reported in the last 24 hours, over 32,000 cases were from Kerala. As people were using long weekends to celebrate their favourite festivals and planning short holidays with family and friends forward bookings of air tickets have risen.
“The overall declining trend is a little less than 50 per cent which was there in the first wave. We’re are still witnessing 2nd surge; it’s not over,” said Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan at the press briefing.
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