#COVID19 #COVIDSecondWave #KumbhMela2021 The Uttarakhand government is struggling to keep in place basic preventive measures such as effective thermal screening and wearing of masks, @LalmaniVerma838 (1/n)

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#COVID19 #COVIDSecondWave #KumbhMela2021 By Monday evening, over 28 lakh devotees turned up for the second shahi snan (royal bath) in the Ganga.

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And according to medical department officials, over 18,169 devotees were tested between 11.30 pm Sunday and 5 pm Monday — 102 were found positive.

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#Kumbh Over the last 48 hours, we walked through an area of over 10 km — from the railway station in Haridwar, the iconic Har ki Pauri and the ghats. There were no arrangements for thermal screening anywhere, and no action against those not wearing masks.

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#Covid19 #KumbhMela At various checkpoints, The Indian Express counted over 50 devotees being asked about their RT-PCR reports — at least 15 did not have them but were let through. https://indianexpress.com/article/india/at-kumbh-mela-covid-guard-slips-no-thermal-screening-few-masks-102-test-positive-7270853/

#Covid19 #KumbhMela At Har Ki Pauri, where 13 akharas (religious groups) reached in procession, one by one, for the traditional dip in the Ganga, there was a team of two medical personnel with Rapid Antigen Test kits.

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#Covid19 #KumbhMela In six hours from 9 am Monday, the team of two medical personnel had conducted only 11 tests with one turning positive.

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#Covid19 #KumbhMela At a test facility near Mela Bhawan, which is on the return route for the akharas, a four-member medical team confirmed that “not a single test has been done here today”.

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#Covid19 #KumbhMela On Sunday, The Indian Express visited the camps of three akharas — Juna, Avahan and Niranjani. Masks were mandatory for visitors only at the Niranjani akhara.

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