Third Maharashtra village achieves 'zero Covid-19' status this month

After the success of Hivare Bazaar another small village in Ahmednagar Bhoyare Khurd has achieved zero Covid19 status after practicing isolation and other Covid19 appropriate behavior officials said here on TuesdayThe development comes close on the heels of Nandeds Bhosi village earning the Centres laurels after its 6000strong population managed to isolate the coronavirus and notched success as the country is battling the second wave of the pandemicBhoyare Khurd with 1500 people on the outskirts of Ahmednagar town is located in a hilly droughthit region of the otherwise prosperous and green districtA majority of the villagers are migrants working in Mumbai Pune and other big cities but after the lockdowns were imposed many chose to return homeInitially barely 3 or 4 Covid19 cases were detected in the village after which the Gram Panchayat and Health Department launched a fullfledged drive to test the families of the infectees suspects and symptomatic patients were immediately isolatedNot wanting to become scourgehit the villagers resolved to keep themselves safe and the village itself free of the virus with a series of initiativesAccordingly all families were checked regularly with the help of ASHA and Anganwadi workers any found infected were immediately isolated and other treatment was continuedIf they were found with symptoms of fever cough or fatigue they were subjected to Antigen tests and quarantined said Dr Savita Kute the village medico involved in the effortThe village authorities also launched a widespread awareness campaign at the temple loudspeakers to convey Covid19 appropriate behaviour daily in the morning and evening they were informed about the disease how to take care of self and families stressing on wearing masks physical distancing washing hands hygiene regular checkups etc said Dr KuteAlso Read Maharashtra govt declares Mucormycosis as notifiable diseaseIn fact after the statewide lockdown was announced last month Bhoyare Khurd Gram Panchayat implemented its own Gaon Band campaign to prevent any further spread of the virus said the Sarpanch Rajendra AmbekarThe suspected persons were persuaded to stay at the isolation centre in the village which helped break the virus chain and now we have become a Coronafree village If other villages adopt our villages examples they can also quickly drive away the virus said AmbekarInitially it was difficult to convince people to undergo isolation but later they understood the threats and accepted the reality after which it was easier to quarantine the patients said village volunteer Nand Kishore DevkarWith this Bhoyare Khurd becomes the third village after Hivare Bazaar both in Ahmednagar district and Nandeds Bhosi which are now flying the coronafree flagsMaharashtra has till date recorded 89212 Covid19 fatalities and 5602019 cases besides 327580 active cases with nearly 28lakh people in home or institutional quarantineThis 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