Self-isolation helps this AP village to keep COVID-19 at bay

Implementing quarantine rules at the village level, a village in Andhra Pradesh manages to keep COVID19 infection at bay. No outsiders are allowed inside nor villagers go outside for any purpose. All the provisions are bought by the selected volunteers and all festivities and functions are suspended temporarily.

G Konduru (Andhra Pradesh): A small village in Andhra Pradesh set a model in curbing COVID19 infection when the entire country is ravaged by the infection. The village, Duggiralapadu in the Krishna district near Telangana border has around 1,000 people and it reported zero cases so far.

The collective effort of villagers helped the village to keep COVID-19 at bay after they decided not to allow any outsiders inside the village. Similarly, no villager is allowed to go outside.

The village also effectively roped in the MGNREGA scheme to help the villagers depending on daily wages for their livelihood. All of them follow COVID19 protocols and maintain hygiene to prevent infection.

Some people in the village are selected to procure provisions for the families in bulk. The villagers also informed their relatives not to visit them during this period.

All the functions and festivities are put on hold. After learning their efforts, local police and administration lauded the discipline of the villagers and expressed that their model could be adopted by other villages too.

The villagers have decided to continue these measures till COVID19 is completely brought under the control in the country.

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