"Observe Low-Key Festivity This Year": Top Medical Body's Latest Covid Appeal

Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said that people should celebrate festivals while maintaining COVID-19 appropriate behaviour and avoid crowds.

Ahead of the festive season, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) Director-General Balram Bhargava today made a fervent appeal to people to avoid non-essential travel and to observe a low-key festivity "at least this year".

Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said that people should celebrate festivals maintaining COVID-19 appropriate behaviour and avoid crowds.

"It will be prudent to avoid non-essential travel and observe festivity at low-key at least this year," said Mr Bhargava on the upcoming festival season at the weekly briefing of the COVID-19 situation of the country.