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Members of Odisha PVTG empowerment and livelihood improvement programme on their way to Hingabadi village
KORAPUT: An eight-member team comprising an ANM worker and officials from the Odisha PVTG (particularly vulnerable tribal group) empowerment and livelihood improvement programme (OPELIP) trudged at least four kilometers to reach the remote and inaccessible Hingabadi village on the Niyamgiri hills under Bissamkatak block on Wednesday to vaccinate the Dongria Kondhs.
The team conducted health screening of all the 32 Dongira Kondh families living in the village during their two-hour stay while 13 eligible people above 45 years were given their first vaccine dose. None of the villagers had any Covid symptoms or health complications. The villagers were urged to strictly follow Covid-19 guidelines to remain safe from the virus, said Sudarshan Padhi, project manager of OPELIP who visited the village.
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A Covid awareness campaign among Dongria Kondhs
KORAPUT: Untouched by Covid during the first wave, as many as four members of the particularly vulnerable tribal group Dongria Kondh living in the Niyamgiri hills of Rayagada district tested positive on Thursday. This despite members of the community remaining largely confined to their village under Parsali panchayat in Kalyansinghpur block.
“Occasionally, they visit the markets in the urban areas. There is a high chance of them being infected there. However, precautionary measures are being taken to ensure that the disease doesn’t spread in the villages in which the community resides,” district collector (Rayagada) Saroj Kumar Mishra said. He added that a weekly door-to-door health survey is being conducted by the field staff in their villages and treatment is being provided, if necessary.