100 Priests test COVID positive, 2 die after Church Event in Kerala
Some young priests questioned the timing of the meet but they were threatened with disciplinary action by church authorities
| 6 May 2021 10:24 AM GMT
Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala police have launched an investigation after a church retreat conducted in April, saw 100 priests testing COVID positive in Munnar in Idukki district. Two of the priests are reportedly dead.
The report said that among the infected is Church of South India (CSI) South Kerala Bishop Father Dharmaraj Rasalam. Two priests who attended the retreat, Father Bijumon (52) and Rev Shine B Raj (43) died last week after contracting COVID-19. CSI officials declined to comment but reformist groups in the church confirmed it.
Ahmedabad: Women Gathers in Large Number to Pray Flouting COVID-19 Protocol
On Tuesday, women in large numbers gather at Navapura village in Sanand, Ahmedabad to offer prayers at Baliyadev Temple flouting the COVID-19 social distancing protocol.
| 5 May 2021 10:51 AM GMT
Ahmedabad- As India continues to face a massive spike in the cases of the novel coronavirus, there was an alarming breach in the COVID-19 protocol which was reported from Ahmedabad s Sanand city on Tuesday.
As per reports, women gathered in thousands to offer their prayers through ritualistic offering of water at the Baliyadev Temple in the Navapura village in Sanand, Ahmedabad.
Thousands throng Gujarat temple, Covid norms go for a toss
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Gandhinagar, May 5 : Thousands of devotees from Navapura and Nidhrada villages in Sanand Tehsil of Ahmedabad gathered to shower water on the Baliyadev temple to fulfil their vow to the temple deity, thereby violating the current Covid guidelines of physical distancing and masks. The Sanand police has filed charges in the matter and arrested around two dozen people for violation of the protocols.
Even as the entire country is grappling with the crisis of the second wave of the corons pandemic, and the government as well as the public taking utmost precautions against the virus spread, Gujarat s Sanand city on Tuesday saw thousands of women gathering to offer water at the Baliyadev Temple.
Watch: Mocking all Covid norms, thousands throng Gujarat temple
The Sanand police has filed charges in the matter and arrested around two dozen people for violation of the protocols
Wednesday May 5, 2021 6:39 PM, IANS
Gandhinagar: Thousands of devotees from Navapura and Nidhrada villages in Sanand Tehsil of Ahmedabad gathered to shower water on the Baliyadev temple to fulfil their vow to the temple deity, thereby violating the current Covid guidelines of physical distancing and masks.
The Sanand police has filed charges in the matter and arrested around two dozen people for violation of the protocols.
Even as the entire country is grappling with the