Siliguri, 11th July: Covid cases are rising again in Siliguri. As per the West Bengal Health Department, the positivity rate of the state was 17.36% on Sunday. In view of this, the voluntary organization Siliguri Students Society took to the streets on Monday to spread awareness among the people.
Members of the organization distributed masks and sanitizers among the patients and relatives of patients at Siliguri District Hospital. In this context, Vivek Jha on behalf of the organization said that the effort was initiated especially considering the loss of lives and abominable period faced during the pandemic back in 2020-21. Hence, the people were urged to opt for preventive measures to contain the spread of coronavirus.