UK health expert interacts with Aryans students on COVID-19
In view of surging cases of Covid, an awareness drive on “COVID-19- The uninvited Guest” held at Aryans
As a proactive measure, to aware students & staff aware about a third wave, that may see a sporadic rise in cases after festive season a webinar for awareness on Covid-19 held at Aryans Group of Colleges, Rajpura Near Chandigarh. Dr. Vishal Kapil, Physician, Herts Urgent Care, National Health Service, United Kingdom interacted with the Aryans students of Nursing, Pharmacy, Law, Engineering, Management, B. Ed and Agriculture. Dr. Anshu Kataria, Chairman, Aryans Group presided over the event.
Dr. Kapil said that we may face a possible spike in the weeks ahead as a result of the approaching festive season. The coming weeks are crucial for us because we would be celebrating festivals. Thus, festivals have to be celebrated with Covid-appropriate behavior, he advised.
While interacting he mentioned that the challenge is to keep cases from spiralling during the festive season. The festival season which is approaching is a time for us to combine caution in our conduct with celebration in our spirit. Crowding, whether in indoor or outdoor locations, will provide the virus an opportunity to infect many people in a short time, he told.
While motivating students he said that fortunately, we’ve made significant progress in our understanding of this disease, our ability to combat it, vaccination and our efforts to help patients suffering with it. But emerging threats of infectious diseases like COVID-19 demand more paramedical in future, added Kapil.
