Farmers’ protest leading to COVID-19 spread in villages: Manohar Lal Khattar

Manohar Lal Khattar has urged the farmers to name off their stir.

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar has mentioned that the continuing farmers’ stir is contributing to the unfold of COVID-19 in villages. He urged the farmers to droop their stir and get examined for the an infection. Chief Minister Khattar additionally expressed concern over farm leaders’ reluctance to get the agitating farmers examined for Covid-19. Khattar urged the farmers to name off their stir and added that they could resume the agitation later when the pandemic is contained.

Khattar mentioned that it has come to gentle that due to these dharnas, the an infection has unfold to rural areas. He added that hotspots have emerged in lots of villages as a result of their individuals are commonly coming and going again from protest websites.

“The farmer leaders hold ranting that they’ll take the vaccine however won’t get themselves examined. If they don’t get examined, one doesn’t know who may need been impacted by COVID….They need to get examined in order that these discovered optimistic may be handled and different needed measures may be taken,” mentioned Khattar.

A month in the past as nicely, Khattar had requested the farmers to name off their stir and get themselves examined for COVID-19.

Haryana Well being Minister Anil Vij too expressed concern over farmer leaders’ refusal to ask their followers to take the COVID check. Vij mentioned that if one of many protesters will get contaminated, many others too might be on the danger.

He had then mentioned whereas it’s the constitutional proper of each particular person to protest and the state doesn’t have an issue with anybody doing so in a peaceable method, the scenario attributable to rising COVID instances is a matter of concern.