PATNA: With the holy month of Shrawan beginning from July 14, health experts in city have cautioned people while undertaking ‘kanwar yatra’ in groups and gathering at crowded temples to offer prayers as Covid-19 cases are still on the rise. As the total tally of active cases in the state has crossed 1000 mark again, they have urged people to take their vaccine doses and follow the Covid-appropriate behaviour at public places.
Former superintendent of PMCH and dean of medicine faculty at Aryabhatta Knowledge University, Dr Rajiv Ranjan Prasad, said, "There is need to take extra caution as hundreds of people throng local temples or undertake ‘kanwar yatra’ in groups to offer prayers to Lord Shiva at temples in Shrawan. Those, planning for such pilgrimage, should be sure of having their scheduled vaccine shots as the primary shield against the virus.”
