B.C. bans all social gatherings, indoor group physical activities in Lower Mainland amid surging COVID cases “We already know the information about COVID that elders are more prone to getting COVID — this was a huge concern to me.”Sachal told Global News that in August, he started to notice that many temple attendees weren’t wearing masks or physical distancing.The second-year student already has a degree in public health, and it occurred to him that the government’s message may need to be delivered in a culturally sensitive way to get through.He put together a proposal for the COVID-19 Sikh Gurdwara Initiative, and was recently awarded a grant from the Clinton Foundation and the Canada Service Corps.[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter.