One more big religious gathering in Gujarat cancelled amid Corona scare

Nadiad/Gandhinagar: Even as two more patients with flu like symptoms were today admitted to different hospitals in Gujarat, where so far no confirmed case of Corona virus has come to fore, one more big religious gathering held every year on the occasion of Holi (Dhuleti in Gujarat) was today cancelled as a precautionary measure to stop any possible spread of the deadly virus.

According to official information received today one patient with flu like symptoms was admitted to the isolation ward in the civil hospital in Ahmedabad. He was a resident of science city road area in the city and a native of Rajasthan. He had returned from his native state recently.

Another person who had returned from abroad was today admitted to the isolation ward in the GG Hospital there. Reports of both the patients were awaited. Meanwhile, the report of one Thailand returned flu suffering person admitted in the isolation ward in SMIMER hospital in Surat has come negative.

The Swaminarayan temple in Vadtal in Kheda district of central Gujarat has cancelled its annual Rangotsav and Fuldol event held in the the temple premises on Faguni Poonam day (Dhuleti) and attended by thousands of the followers of the religious sect. The step has been taken as a precautionary measure in the wake of Corona virus scare.

Earlier another big religious event ‘Fagnotsav’ held on the Faguni poonam day at the famous Dakor temple in Kheda district and attended by a huge gathering of devotees, was also cancelled for the similar reasons.

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