West Bengal

COVID-19

Chennai

Kolkata

Seven tribal villagers of’s remote Purulia district have set an unique example of awareness in time of theoutbreak.The group of seven tribal villagers, who returned from, have quarantined themselves in one Banyan and two Mango trees, after the doctors told them to self-isolate themselves themselves for 14 days.The family has one single room mud hut and they felt that staying in the same house with the other family members may pose danger to others. Thus, they decided to self-isolate themselves in the trees in the jungle with charpayas and mosquito net.Vangidi village in Purulia district’s Balarampur became a rare example of social distancing and awareness.Fearing elephant attacks, which is quite common in Purulia, the villagers chose to put the charpayas in the tree and not on the ground. Tying the charpayas to the branches of the huge tree, they started staying there from last Monday."We boarded from Chennai on Saturday last week and reached Kharagpur on Sunday. Then we underwent a medical check-up and doctors advised us to self-quarantine for 14 days. We arrived outside our village on Monday, but did not enter there," said one of the labourers.The family of the quarantined are supplying food to them. “The family members are keeping the cooked food under the tree. We climb down and eat our food and wash the utensils,” a labourer added.Meanwhile, two more persons have been tested positive in East Midnapore's Egra. One of the person who tested positive inhad visited a wedding ceremony in Egra. Altogether, 15 family members were tested and among them, two women tested positive.