Maharashtra: Isolation of 119 in village in Nanded breaks Covid-19 chain

Bhosi a village in Maharashtras Nanded district has set an example of how to break the chain of Covid19 pandemic in rural areas and save villagers from the impact of the deadly diseaseThe village of 6000 people in the Bhokar taluka of Nanded showed the way of fighting the Covid19 pandemic by simply adopting the path of isolating the infectedAll residents of the village cooperated in the endeavour and managed to defeat the Covid19 onslaught in next 20 days of adopting the method that grabbed attention of the Central government as wellTwo months ago after a wedding ceremony a girl of the village was found infected with coronavirus Subsequently five more were found Covid19 positive the following week leading to a commotion in the whole villageAt this time Zilla Parishad member Prakash Deshmukh Bhosikar took the initiative to organise a health camp in the village in coordination with the Gram Panchayat and the Health Department to conduct Covid19 testsAlso Read lsquoThis is how we battled the second Covid19 waversquoRapid Antigen Test and RTPCR tests revealed that 119 people were Covid19 positive Then it was decided to isolate these patients to break the chain of Covid19 spreading to othersAccordingly all the infected people were persuaded to go and live on their fields for a period of 1517 days as mandated by the guidelines of Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare for people with mild infections Among them farm labourers and others who did not own their farm land were accommodated in a makeshift shed on Bhosikars own farm landAsha the village health worker and Anganwadi sevika would visit the fields every day and interact with patients Food and medicines were also providedAfter 15 to 20 days of isolation the villagers returned home as coronafree persons only after a health checkup said Union Health Ministry which circulated a message to other villagers follow such methods to avoid spread of Covid19Bhosikar said that a month and a half has passed since then and no new patient has been found in the villageCovid19 can be fought effectively by adopting the ageold path of isolation as was being done during the days of plague even in villages without adequate health facilities he saidLakshmibai Akkemwad who spent a fortnight in quarantine on the fields said separation is the only way to save the villagers from getting infectedNanded Zilla Parishad CEO Varsha Thakur Ghuge said that the Bhosi pattern is a good example of joint coordination between the villagers peoples representatives and the administration worthy of implementation in other villages of the district and elsewhereAs fresh challenges are being posed with the second wave of Covid19 pandemic spreading to rural areas the method adopted by residents of Bhosi village is really a laudable effort at a time when 25772440 people including 3129878 active cases have so far been infected and 287122 have succumbedPrime Minister Narendra Modi has warned about this and said creating awareness about Covid19 among rural people and cooperation of Panchayat Raj institutions are equally importantPreventing the spread of Covid19 in rural is a relatively complicated process due to the lack of testing facilities and health infrastructure as compared to urban areasThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever