Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, March 14
Haryana Health Minister Anil Vij on Saturday linked Covid outbreak to non- vegetarian diet and advised people to be vegetarian.
“Shakahari bano. Tarah-tarah ke jeev-jantu khakar corona jaise virus paidakar ke manav jaati ke liye khatra paida na karo (Be vegetarian. Do not create viruses like coronavirus that pose danger to mankind by eating meat of different animals,” the minister tweeted.
Interestingly, amid rumours that Covid spreads through non-vegetarian food, Union Fisheries, Dairying and Animal Husbandry Minister Giriraj Singh had, a few days back, asked people not to pay attention to those.
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