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Updated March 19, 2020 at 09:40 AM IST
Haridwar District Magistrate C Ravishankar issued an order banning visitors from the Ganga Aarti at Har-ki-Pauri in Uttarakhand until March 31.
In view of the immediate spread of the novel coronavirus, Haridwar District Magistrate C Ravishankar on Thursday issued an order banning visitors from entering the Ganga Aarti at Har-ki-Pauri in Uttarakhand until March 31. The ordinance also discussed that the Aarti will continue to take a stand and will be live-streamed to the faithful. Earlier on Wednesday, the Uttar Pradesh government suspended the Ganga Arti ceremony at the Varanasi ghats.
Every night, the Ganga Aarti is set up in the 3 holy cities of Haridwar, Rishikesh and Varanasi in India. An aarti is a devotional ritual that uses the fireplace as provision. It comes in the form of a lit lamp and, in the case of the Ganges, a small diya with a candle and flowers floating in the river. The offering is made to Goddess Ganga, also affectionately known as Maa Ganga, goddess of India’s holiest river.
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To date, the total number of positive cases in India has risen to more than 169, adding foreign nationals. The highest number of virus cases has been reported in Maharashtra and Kerala. A third death was reported in India on Tuesday at Mumbai’s Kasturba Hospital. , two deaths were reported in Kalaburgi and West Delhi.
The Center has “strongly advised” Indians to avoid anything non-essential abroad. The government is also tracking all suspected cases and has issued precautionary advisories. Earlier on Saturday, the central government made the decision to treat the fatal virus as a “notified disaster. “” and has since issued even more warnings and restrictions.
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First detected in Wuhan in December 2019, the novel coronavirus COVID-19 has affected nearly 173 countries around the world and a foreign means of transportation: the Diamond Princess cruise ship hosted in Yokohama, Japan. Currently, there are approximately 219,087 confirmed cases of COVID-19, which led to the deaths of approximately 8,961 people. Since there is still no effective vaccine or antiviral drug to treat COVID-19, countries have struggled with every conceivable mechanism to achieve its reach. So far, China, South Korea, Italy and Iran have recorded the highest number of cases of the novel coronavirus.
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Posted on Mar 19, 2020 at 09:40am IST
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