: Kerala’s decision to relax Covid restrictions for Bakrid is unwarranted, says IMA #IndiaNEWS The Kerala government’s decision to relax coronavirus restrictions in view of Eid-al-Adha, or Bakrid,

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Kerala’s decision to relax Covid restrictions for Bakrid is unwarranted, says IMA #IndiaNEWS
The Kerala government’s decision to relax coronavirus restrictions in view of Eid-al-Adha, or Bakrid, is “unwarranted and inappropriate�, the Indian Medical Association said on Sunday.“When many northern states like J&K [Jammu and Kashmir], Uttar Pradesh, and Uttaranchal [Uttarakhand] have stopped, with a constructive sense of public safety, the traditional and popular pilgrimage Yatras, it is unfortunate that learned state of Kerala had taken these retrograde decisions,� the doctor’s body said in a statement.Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan had announced a three-day relaxation in the norms from Sunday, reported NDTV. Vijayan had said that shops selling clothes, footwear, jewellery, gift items, home appliances, electronics and repair outlets will be allowed to open. However, he had cautioned that restrictions were also needed to rein in the spread of the infection.Kerala, which is one of the worst-hit states in India, recorded 13,956 new coronavirus cases on Sunday, taking the infection tally in the state to 31.6 lakh since the pandemic broke out in the country in January 2020. The toll climbed by 81 to 15,350. On Saturday, Kerala had recorded 16,148 new Covid-19 cases, reported the Hindustan Times. This was the highest single-day increase in one-day infections this month.Health Minister Veena George said that areas with a test positivity rate of over 10%...Read more

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