Gujarat: Night session, awareness campaign in Gir Ness, but Kovid vaccination slows

Rana Makwana, 65, a shattered roof structure supported by wooden trusses with no walls outside her earthen house in Asundrali Ness inside the Gir forest, talked about how she helped volunteers vaccinate Kovid-19 All the others were reluctant when asked for. His wife Lakshmi may have “something” and then “who will do household chores?” Fear of not taking the vaccine shot. Nor is his brother Mamaiya Khambhalia (63), who tells Makwana, “But what was the need of it?” You do not have coronavirus. “Makwana happily answers how he has had three heart attacks and diabetes. A Maldhari was given a shot of a Kovid-19 vaccine in a nest inside the Gir forest. (Gujarat State Health Department) “Nothing has happened to me.

There is nothing to fear about that injection. Many of the Malharis’ cattle grazing community, deep inside the Gir forest, Living in isolated colonies called Ness, Kovid-19 is reluctant to take the vaccine because state health officials are making special arrangements to cover it under a vaccination campaign. , The hard summer schedule of the former is given, by launching the mobile unit and night shift. Makwana tells her brother-in-law, “A few days ago, a madam came in an ambulance for our ness and asked us to take injections so that Kovid-19 wouldn’t touch us. There are about a dozen people in this ness who are above 60 years of age but no one was persuaded. Therefore, I volunteered and I am humbled and warm to this day.

“Makwana’s two elder sons and their wives have migrated to coastal villages in search of fodder and water for their herds of buffaloes and cows, And his youngest son daily reaches the village of Tenagala with milk from Asundarali Ness in the pillar taluka and thus regularly makes contact with the world outside the Gir forest. Mobile health unit of health branch of Gir Somnath District Panchayat within Gir in Gir forest. (Gujarat State Health Department) Lakshmi says that she may consider vaccinating when the health team next visits. “But I have not seen the corona (virus). People with mobile phones keep talking about it, but I am convinced, the Almighty will protect me. Employees of the health department say that their work (vaccinating the anus) is not easy.

“For the most part of the day, the masculinities abstain from grazing their cattle, and it is impossible to contact them because a mobile phone network is not available inside the forest. so, We received the medical office of Jeera Primary Health Center (PHC) in Dhari Taluka, Amreli. Janaki Bhalala, Bordi Timbo, Dalli and Rajgarhia were to conduct nightly vaccination sessions for malaria. He said that 35 malharis were vaccinated in the night session. So far, there have been 4110 cases and 41 deaths due to the virus in the district. In neighboring Gir Somnath district, there is an issue of migration to the health department. “In search of fodder and water, the Malharis have gone out of the forest with their livestock and are no longer available at their listed address. Therefore, it is impossible to achieve the 100 percent target.

Logistics is also an issue and to overcome this, we have assigned to our Mobile Health Unit (MHU) in Tulsiham, in addition to our regular work of providing OPD and routine immunization services, additional work of Kovid-19 vaccination, “Harun Bhaiya They say, The Chief District Health Officer (CDHO) of Gir Somnath, whose team led the operation in Asundarali and Ghugginwa. In Ghudzinwa, Amarbhai Najni (60) and Rambhai Loma pioneered receiving the Kovid-19 vaccine. Babban Jalap, an elderly woman, also took a dose of the vaccine and set an example for other Malhari women.

“If the government spends so much to get us vaccinated, then we should not be afraid. We are Garhvis, who are known for conducting Dinrat (music of folk music and literature) and talk about knowledge and good behavior. Says Nazni, “If someone is afraid of taking a vaccine dose, what bravery would you say on a brave day that keeps itself updated by listening to the news on the radio.”

However, his wife Janu is afraid of the fever, which is such that he did not respond. Amreli, Junagadh, The Gir forest and other protected areas spread over Gir Somnath and Bhavnagar districts are home to the world’s only population of wild lions outside Africa. Novel coronavirus cases involving humans taking wild animals into captivity have been reported from the US and the UK. Amarbhai Najni and his wife Januben along with their son Lalo outside their hut in Ghudzinwa Ness inside the Gir forest. (Express photo) Apart from the dense human population on its periphery, there are around 10,000 Malharis in the 1,413 sq km (sq km) Gir National Park and Wildlife Sanctuary with farmers living in 45 nalas and 14 forest settlement villages around it. Of the 674 lions counted last year, 329 were spotted outside protected forest areas, where human activity is intense. The districts of Gir Somnath and Bhavnagar have registered 2,853 and 6,879 cases of Kovid-19 so far.

Causes of virus in districts respectively 26 and 70 people have died. In Junagadh district, 5,706 cases and 33 deaths were reported by Deputy Conservator of Forests, Gir (East) Division Anshuman Sharma, only one of his field employees got Kovid-19, while he was discharged and away from Junagadh only a few months ago. Was and was granted extended leave. “We initially tried to convince people to come to a proper vaccination site outside the forest, but no one turned up. so, We had to use MHU (Mobile Health Unit) and Dr. Patsar PHC’s Medical Officer (MO) in Gir Gadda taluka of Gir Somnath. Ankita Kanani (Forest) Dr. Ankita Kanani said to get vaccinated at the house of forest dwellers. Of the 322 goodsmen identified as targeted beneficiaries, 176 were vaccinated as of Friday. Vaccination for senior citizens and people above 45 years of age started in Gujarat on March 1, along with immunity. “In some pockets, there are opposing malaria vaccination.

Therefore, we conduct an awareness campaign the day before. MO Dr of Jamwala PHC of Girgadda taluka. Haresh Dahima says, “We are trying our best to ensure that all the Malhars get vaccinated as soon as possible, Which covers 11 ness in the Gir (West) Division. Dushyant Vasavada, the Chief Conservator of Forests of Junagadh’s Wildlife Circle, says that of late, the community’s interaction with the outside world has increased, with maladar children going out of the jungle for education or work. Health officials of Amreli and Gir Somnath districts confirm that separate cases of Kovid-19 have been reported from the Nesi. “About 15 to 20 staff members, including myself, have contracted the virus and have recovered, but the wildlife is still safe.

Forest Department staff Kovid-19 ranks 18th in the government’s priority list for vaccination. The Maldar people are a small community who are socially distant in any case, ”says Vasavada. However, District Collector of Amreli, Ayush Oak says, “Given the sensitivity, We initially had plans to treat forest department staff on field duty in Gir (East) Division as frontline workers and prioritize them to live inside the jungle with malaria and vaccination. But due to change in priority by the government, we could not follow it. “He says that from April 1, when anyone over the age of 45 can be vaccinated, forest department employees and anus will be given priority. .