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Spurt in COVID-19 Cases as Taj Mahal Reopens After 188 Days

After a long period of closure for 188 days because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the seventeenth-century landmark of love, the Taj Mahal, reopened to visitors on Monday, even as a spurt of 144 new COVID-19 cases raised the alert level of the district administration.

The ASI authorities alongside the CISF security staff guaranteed firm compliance with the rules relating to social distancing, wearing masks, and complete sanitization of the premises. The online ticket sale has guaranteed appropriate screening of the visitors, a guide stated.

The local travel industry leaders were optimistic and were hoping to see Taj Mahal a revival of the sector in the upcoming months.

Area Magistrate P. N. Singh told that each and every precaution has been taken and a firm watch would be kept.

As of now, the response to further advance hotel bookings was not all that encouraging, yet as the momentum picked up if everything goes with any problems, the number of visitors to Agra could increase. Hoteliers were additionally hopeful that some new flights connecting Agra with major cities would take travelers to the Mughal Metro, as winter begins early November.

Private medical doctors, however, showed hesitations about the wisdom of permitting outsiders when the pandemic still couldn’t seem to stop.

In the previous 24 hours, 144 new cases were identified to carry the total count to 4,850. So far 3,852 have recovered. The death count is 118 and the number of active patients is 880.

The district officials have allowed nine NABH (National Accreditation Board for Hospitals) authorized hospitals in the private sector to admit the COVID-19 patients, as specialists dread there could be a requirement for another 1,000 beds in the coming days. The specially planned COVID-19 coaches of the Indian railroads were lying in the yards without any use. A railroad official said the 26 isolation coaches are prepared and if the organization needs these, then can be utilized.

Then, the supply of oxygen has been mostly re-established after a hue and cry was brought up over the last few days.

The district health officials said the patients have been encouraged to gather their test reports online through an application.

The complete picture would be more clear after the discoveries of the nationwide Sero-survey are published by the ICMR in a couple of days, specialists said in Agra.

Doctors at the S. N. Medical College stated: “With more opening and increased level of social interaction, people had to be very careful in observing the guidelines.”

An authority explained that the temples and schools won’t open prior to October 1st.

 

 

source: with input from ians