743 Staff Members Of Tirumala Tirupati Temple Test Positive For COVID-19, Twitter Wants It Shut
743 employees of the Tirupati Temple have tested positive for COVID-10 while 402 individuals have recovered. Three employees have succumbed to the infection. Despite the signs of a massive outbreak the temple authorities have no plan to stop darshans.
The opening of Tirumala Tirupati Balaji Temple in Andhra Pradesh has opened floodgates for coronavirus infections.
As many as 743 employees of the Tirupati Temple have tested positive for COVID-10 while 402 individuals have recovered. Three employees have succumbed to the infection.
However, despite the signs of a massive outbreak, the temple authorities have no plan to stop darshans.
Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) executive officer AK Singhal sidelined all criticism which stated that the temple is open only for the sake of income.
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He said the temple was reopened after 80 days of closure only to satisfy the devotees who were longing for darshan.
He also claimed that the temple administration is spending more money on all facilities of COVID.
Many on Twitter expressed outrage as to why a temple is still open after hundreds of people have tested positive and there is a high possibility of spreading the infection. For some, it quickly became a Hindu-Muslim issue.
Let us all know when National Security Advisor himself goes to #Tirupati to evacuate the place and then we will discuss the comparison.
¡ª Kapil Pareek ?? (@thekapilpareek) August 10, 2020
Why do religious people get insecure when I say God is everywhere, you don't need to go to a temple to pray, not during COVID. Why are they so insecure about their faith?
¡ª Manojkumar (@Manojku03262607) August 10, 2020
743 TTD staff test positive for COVID-19, 3 have succumbed, says official. #Tirupati pic.twitter.com/7AuFBYO0wA
God is everywhere, you don't need to go to a temple during COVID. Why are they so insecure about their faith?
¡ª ?????? ???????? (@suyashpachauri) August 10, 2020
*743* TTD staff test positive for COVID-19, 3 have succumbed, says official. #Tirupati
I must say that "Tirupati temple" or any of religious places was NOT required to open in such a hurry.
¡ª Jignesh Bhartiya (@Gujratindian) August 10, 2020
Everyone knows that CORONA can't be treated in Mandir-Masjid-Gurudwara etc then why so much hurry for it.#Tirupati
