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Wednesday, May 27, 2020

Party cake, ceremony and COVID - 19: Attention please ...

Any country cannot prolong the lockdown beyond a certain period as there are many reasons involves that directly associated with public welfare.  It has been seen that many countries started to give relaxation in the lockdown based on the country's situations. In one way relaxation in lockdown may help the citizen of the particular country to survive with the new normal condition but on the other hand, there is many chances to spread COVID - 19 an invisible and communicable spreading disease.

It has also been observed that after getting relaxation, people forgetting to follow the guidelines given in order to safeguard themselves from COVID -19. On many occasions, I have personally experienced that people were not following the social distancing, neither wearing facemask nor sanitizing their hands frequently. The rate of spreading of the aforesaid disease is still increasing day by day. The awareness and alertness is the only key to make us remain healthy and uninfected. 

As soon as lockdown relaxed, many of the rituals as well as common functions started to organize. the gathering has been seen without social distancing. Everybody wants to return back in normal life but normalcy is not greater than a healthy life. If health can be obtained even with some condition, also it is good only I think so.

As we know that the COVID -19 symptoms to the patient most of the time not appeared in advance. The infected persons seem to be very normal and this is why such a patient now named "Asymptomatic" These asymptomatic patients are safe and look like a normal person it may be due to strong immunity. But, it does not mean that they will not be the causal factor for others. Whenever they come in contact with such a person who already had some health issue might get severe infection and may or may not be cure. No one asking not to attend function in the community but consciousness should be in priority for all. I would like to bring the attention to the person who feels compulsory to go to attend party or any ritual ceremony should first take care of his or her health. Traditionally, any party looks incomplete without cutting the cake. We know that while cutting cake there is a small system involve to blow out a candle through the mouth. This may be stopped in order to avoid contamination. Pasting of other person faces with cake also an unhealthy way nowadays. If the cake party is necessary, we may avoid putting candles on the cake. If putting candles on the cake is very much required then it may be blow out with sanitized hands but not by mouth.   Or otherwise, the cake may remain be without candles. 

It is not my objective to hurt anybody's emotions but being a responsible person of health Deptt., I feel my duty to add a small suggestion to the public interest considering that it might be helpful to public health. 

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