Cancel Bakrid Relaxations Or Will Go To Court, Doctors' Body Tells Kerala

The Kerala government had declared that lockdown restrictions in the state would be relaxed for three days starting Sunday given Bakrid being celebrated on Wednesday in the state.

India's top doctors' body, the Indian Medical Association or IMA, on Sunday warned the Kerala government against easing Coronavirus restrictions ahead of Eid al-Adha or Bakrid because of the "inevitable, impending third wave". Deplorable act by Kerala Govt to provide 3 days relaxations for Bakra eid celebrations especially because it's one of the hot beds for Covid-19 at present. If Kanwar Yatra is wrong, so is Bakra Eid public celebrations. This is such an uninformed, misleading tweet. Unlike Kanwar Yatra, families in Kerala will be celebrating Eid in their own homes. It's just that the shops will be allowed to function for three days. https://t.co/TNn625MdU7 The IMA said that if the order is not withdrawn, with the sense of altruism, they will be forced to approach the Supreme Court against the Kerala government order. The IMA said that it was "pained" by the decision of the Kerala government which comes amidst the rising cases in the state and even though Prime Minister Narendra Modi had cautioned against mass gatherings and many states have cancelled pilgrimage yatras. "When many northern states like J&K, Uttar Pradesh, and Uttaranchal 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," it said in a statement.