After retaining Covid-19 at bay for almost 15 months, Kharatwadi village in Walwa taluka of Sangli district has lastly reported 5 instances in the previous few days. All the 5 instances belong to the identical household of the village.
Kharatwadi gained prominence through the Lok Sabha elections when farmers within the village brazenly expressed assist for Raju Shetty, who heads the Swabhimani Shetkari group. In reality it’s surrounded by river on three sides. Although it’s near the river, the village isn’t submerged throughout monsoons.
Sagar Shinde, a authorities medical officer from Nerle, stated, “In the previous few days, we’ve got detected 5 optimistic instances within the village. This is the primary time for the reason that outbreak final yr. All 5 are from the identical household. Initially, one individual from the household examined optimistic after which we examined the complete household.”
Shinde stated that Kharatwadi has not registered any optimistic instances until date, however greater than 100 instances have been registered in its two neighboring villages in the identical interval. “We have done 300 tests throughout the year so far. And now, only five have tested positive, ”he stated.
The inhabitants of the village is 1,278. Sarpanch Prithviraj Kharat attributed this to the huge acres of agricultural land the place the villagers favor to reside. “The village is not overcrowded. Farms are owned by villagers. In fact, the villagers have built houses on the part of their farm where they live with their families, ”he stated.
Kharat stated, ‘We carried out an consciousness marketing campaign on Kovid-19. Villagers had been particularly requested to get them checked instantly if they’ve signs. They both go to major well being facilities or non-public docs.
Shinde stated the first purpose Kharatwadi thwarted Covid-19 for therefore lengthy was that outsiders had been examined upon getting into the village. “It was started last year when people were returning from Mumbai and elsewhere. We did tests and left them. Even though their tests were negative, we left them in a different facility. We did more than 1,000 tests. Though no one was found positive, they had to undergo mandatory quarantine period,” he stated.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
