Chandigarh, 17th March
2020:In order to tackle the menace of Corona Virus, the Deputy Commissioner, UT
Chandigarh Sh. Mandip Singh Brar,IAS today convened a meeting of all the
religious heads belonging to the different communities and exhorted them to sensitize
the people about keeping precautions.
The DC further
requested the religious leaders to desist from holding gatherings in excess of
100 people till March 31st and keep the sanitizers at the entry points of their
respective religious places for ensuring the protection of the devotees.
Divulging more, Dr
Inderjeet Singh Gill from Health Department Chandigarh briefed that even if a
gathering has to be held, it should be ensured that whether sitting or
standing, people should maintain one
metre distance from each other. If anybody is suffering from cough or cold then
it would be better to wear triple layer masks for the one’s own protection, and
of others.
As the elderly persons
visit the religious places more often, they are more prone to risk, so it is
advised that they must keep themselves home.
Dr Inderjeet Singh Gill
further added that India is placed in stage 2 as far as corona virus is
concerned which means that the disease has reached the country, therefore it is
advisable to follow the advice of doctors and take all precautionary measures.
Meanwhile, in another
development, the employees of the DC office and the UT Secretariat were
subjected to checking with regard to the prevailing corona virus disease.
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