Official put COVID vaccine drive on playing cards for Odisha’s Nagada village

Express News Service
JAJPUR: A particular medical group was on Sunday pressed in for health-check of the inhabitants of Nagada village, which had hogged headlines over youngster malnutrition 5 years again, in wake of stories that lots of them are affected by fever.

The medical group discovered fever among the many tribal folks however no COVID take a look at has been carried out but. As many as 5 kids of the village had been recognized with fever as a result of malaria whereas 17 others had ‘common viral fever’, official sources mentioned.

“A special medical team was sent to Nagada village on receipt of information that several tribals are affected by fever. A total of 51 blood samples were collected from the fever-stricken tribals. From the test, five were diagnosed to have malaria and 17 others had general viral fever,” mentioned Dr Jayadev Nanda, medical officer of Sukinda Community Health Centre.

Nanda mentioned, the villagers have been given medicine and subsequent plan of action on COVID take a look at can be taken after assessing their response. He mentioned the native well being administration is watchful about Nagada and taking all steps. “A medical team is being sent to the tribal village for health check-up every week,” he mentioned.

Though numerous folks belonging to totally different tribal communities of the state have been hit by the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, not a single tribal of Nagada has formally been detected with the an infection in each the primary and second wave of the pandemic.

Located on a hilltop in Sukinda block, Nagada, a income village, contains three settlements – Tala Nagada, Upara Nagada and Majhi Nagada. Approximately 320 folks from Juang tribe keep in 63 households unfold over the three ‘sahis’. This tribe is without doubt one of the 13 significantly susceptible tribal teams (PVTGs) of the state.

Nagada had hogged nationwide headlines for a collection of kid deaths in 2016. The tribal folks listed here are least bothered concerning the pandemic and plenty of of them don’t even know what coronavirus is. They have little clue about use of face masks and social distancing. “We don’t know what a mask is. There is no coronavirus here. We are safe by the blessings of God,” mentioned Agunia Pradhan, a resident. The district administration claimed that it is rather watchful.

“We plan to go for a massive vaccination drive in Nagada village in the coming days. We will also launch an awareness drive to educate tribals on use of face masks by every individual and maintain social distancing,” Jajpur Collector Chakravarti Singh Rathore mentioned.