Practice responsible rather than revenge travel

Published by Pallavi pandey

Practice responsible rather than revenge travel

By_ Dipali Singh

   On Thursday while updating the current situation of covid-19 in india, the union health ministry said that 68% new cases noted last week were reported from Kerala. In last 24hrs 43263 cases were reported out of which 32000 are from Kerala itself.

Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan during a press briefing said, "We're are still witnessing 2nd surge, it's not over". "Overall declining trend is a little less than 50% which was there in 1st wave," he added.

Amid surge in cases, ICMR's Dr Balram Bhargava urged for low key celebrations ahead of the festival season which starts with Ganesh Chaturthi from today. "Low key celebrations of festivals should be encouraged to avoid the spread. Responsible travel rather than revenge travel should be practiced," Dr Bhargava said. "the pace of vaccination and coverage is rapidly increasing.The average per-day dose administered has increase from 20 lakhs in May to 78 lakhs in September and this number is expected to climb even higher," he added.