Focus on vaccination, Covid care in villages

Coimbatore: Even as the district administration is stepping up vaccination in rural areas, efforts are being taken to control Covid spread in villages.
Over the last few days, there has been a spurt in fresh Covid cases in rural areas. In a bid to enable vaccination of villagers during the lockdown, the administration distributed vaccines to 88 PHCs across district for those above 45 years of age. This would facilitate the villagers to get vaccinated in close proximity to their residences.
On the other hand, the government is taking efforts to monitor and control Covid spread in villages. Collector S Nagarajan said that instructions have been given to form a Covid isolation centre in all panchayats. The isolation centres, turned Covid care centres, would go a long way in mitigating the troubles of Covid positive patients in villages.
Right now, they have to travel to the nearest urban centre. In worst case scenarios, villagers choose to stay at houses rather than taken the trouble of travelling to hospitals, which in turn spreads the virus to more people. The mini-Covid care centres would be opened in the next few days.
“Villagers have also been told to monitor people who enter from other places and neighbouring districts,” said Nagarajan.