India’s first memorial for COVID-19 victims installed in Telangana village

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Hyderabad, Nov 12: A memorial for COVID-19 victims, described as the primary such tribute within the nation to those that succumbed to the infectious illness, was inaugurated at a village in Telangana.

The memorial was put in at Rajannapet village in Rajanna-Sircilla district on Thursday by Undertaking Madad, a voluntary group of Indian and Indian diaspora medical doctors and professionals.

The memorial is devoted to all of the countrymen who misplaced their lives attributable to COVID-19 in 2020-2021.

Undertaking Madad believes that “India can not afford to neglect” the close to and expensive ones misplaced on this disaster nor let down the warning in opposition to COVID-19, the group mentioned in an announcement on Friday.

The countrymen additionally want to recollect the heroism of all of the frontline staff lengthy after the nation has been vaccinated and make sure the ongoing welfare of rural healthcare staff, it mentioned.

“To focus on that India’s villages bore the brunt of this disaster, the memorial was put in in a village of Rajannapet alongside a marker of the village’s covid-resilience,” it mentioned.

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A recognition ceremony was held for rural healthcare staff who went past the decision of obligation to make sure 100 per cent vaccination within the village and helped make Rajannapet “the nation’s first village to attain COVID-resilience on July 31 this 12 months,” the assertion mentioned.

The assembly was attended by District Medical and Well being Officer (DMHO) of Rajanna-Sircilla district Suman Mohan Rao and different officers.

Over a ten-week interval in June-July 2021, in coordination with the district well being workforce, Undertaking Madad devised a collection of public well being interventions that had been carried out in Rajannapet village by the village panchayat and native healthcare staff.

“This led to a social and behavioural transformation within the villagers’ method in the direction of COVID-19. On the finish of the interval, when first-dose vaccination was carried out, it noticed close to 100 per cent acceptance. Attitudes in the direction of testing and vaccines underwent a radical change. The village now stands as a mannequin for COVID-resilience,” the assertion mentioned.