In view of the increasing cases of the new variant JN-1 of Covid across the country, the Banke Bihari Temple Management on Friday issued a warning to the devotees visiting the premises as issued by the Health Department. Appealed to follow the guidelines. The temple management has expressed the possibility of lakhs of devotees coming from 23 December to 5 January. Meanwhile, to protect against Covid infection, the temple management has issued guidelines for the devotees asking them to come to the premises only wearing masks. People suffering from cough, cold, fever, asthma, allergy etc. should avoid going to crowded places. Do not bring along elderly people above 60 years of age, small children and sick people. Do not stay for long after visiting the temple premises. If any devotee shows symptoms of Covid, he should get himself tested immediately and avoid going in the crowd. Also, the temple management has asked the devotees to visit the temple only through the route decided by the police administration. Temple manager Munish Kumar Sharma said that there is a possibility of huge crowd of devotees from Saturday till January 5. In such a situation, keeping in mind the increasing infection of the Covid epidemic and the advisory issued by the Health Department, the temple management has also issued guidelines. Devotees have been appealed to wear masks and maintain distance from each other as well as follow the advisory issued by the Health Department.
