Tourism Minister G Kishan Reddy on Monday urged Indians to follow Covid-19 protocol while travelling, PTI reported. His remark came amid cr...
Tourism Minister G Kishan Reddy on Monday urged Indians to follow Covid-19 protocol while travelling, PTI reported. His remark came amid crowding at hill stations in blatant violation of safety norms amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Reddy said that the government didn’t want to stop people from travelling. “But it is our responsibility to keep everyone safe,” he added. The minister said that the only way to contain the pandemic was for the government and the citizens to work together.
“Each individual of this country has to be a Covid warrior and only then can we defeat this [the pandemic],” he said. “I appeal to all tourists on behalf of the government of India to follow protocols which have been placed for their own safety.”
Reddy urged citizens not to forget how Covid-19 affected their hometowns and think twice before flouting safety norms.
India is still recovering from the aftermath of the second wave, which at its peak in May saw more than 4 lakh cases and thousands of deaths every day. Several states experienced crippling shortages of oxygen, hospital beds, medical supplies and vaccines during the second wave, leading to citizens taking to social media to ask for help.
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