Late Music Composer Shravan Rathod & Wife Visited Kumbh Mela Before Testing COVID-19 Positive

In yet another tragic loss for the Hindi film industry, Shravan Rathod died of?Covid-19?related complications on Thursday.? ?

The 66-year-old music composer had returned from Kumbh Mela which he had visited with his wife. Upon return, the couple tested positive for COVID-19.?

Shravan Rathod with his wife and son / ANI

In an interview with Indian Express, Shravan Rathod's son, Sanjeev said that his parents had visited the Kumbh Mela before testing COVID-19 positive.

“We had never thought our family would have to go through such tough times, my father passed away, I am Covid positive and so is my mother. My brother is also positive and is in home isolation, but since our father has died, he is being allowed to do the final procedures to do last rites for our father," Sanjeev Rathod said.

Shravan Rathod with his wife / ANI

Sanjeev added, “My mother, Vimladevi, and I are at Sevenhills, she is in the bed right next to me and she is inconsolable, but we both are recovering.”??

What exactly will it take for people to sit at home and break the transmission of this contagious disease that has already taken so many lives?