Hola Mohalla
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About Hola Mohalla
Hola Mohalla, also called Hola, is a one-day Sikh festival which most often falls in March and takes place on the second day of the lunar month of Chett, a day after the Hindu spring festival Holi but sometimes coincides with Holi. Hola Mohalla is a big festive event for Sikhs around the world.
Coronavirus: India "super-spreader' isolated 40,000 people
Punjab has 30 confirmed cases of The Virus -
Indian authorities in the Northern State of Punjab, under quarantine, to the 40,000 residents of 20 villages after a Covid-19-outbreak associated with only One Man .
The 70-year-old died of coronavirus - a circumstance that took place only after his death.
The Man , a preacher, had ignored advice to self-quarantine after returning from A Trip to Italy and Germany, officials told The Bbc Punjabi is Arvind Chhabra.
India has 640 confirmed cases of The Virus , 30 of which in the Punjab.
However, the experts fear that the actual number of positive cases could be far higher. India has one of the lowest testing rates in The World , although efforts are underway, the ramp-up capacities.
There are fears that an outbreak in the country of 1. 3 billion people, a catastrophe might result.
had visited The Man , identified as Baldev Singh , to celebrate a large gathering of the Sikh festival of Hola Mohalla , shortly before he died.
The six-day festival attracts around 10,000 people Every Day .
A week after his death, 19 of his relatives have tested positive.
"So Far , we have the track were 550 people came in Direct Contact with him, and The Number is growing. We have sealed 15 villages around the area he lived in," a senior official told The Bbc .
five villages in a neighbouring district was also sealed.
This is not the First Time that the exposure led to mass quarantine in India.
In Bhilwara, a textile-town in the Northern State of Rajasthan, there are fears that a group of doctors who were infected, could be due to the patient, the disease spread to hundreds of people.
Seven thousand people in the villages of the neighboring city under home quarantine.
India has also declared a 21-day lockdown, although people are free to buy basic things like food and medicine go.
india, coronavirus pandemic, sikhism, asia
Source of news: bbc.com
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