Committee spreads awareness in rural areas against pandemic

Considering the rising number of COVID-19 cases and deaths across Kalaburagi district, a group of members and its team has formed a COVID-19 awareness task force committee to check the spread of the v

Considering the rising number of COVID-19 cases and deaths across Kalaburagi district, a group of members and its team has formed a COVID-19 awareness task force committee to check the spread of the virus. The team led by Ramesh Londankar from the Department of Biotechnology of Gulbarga University along with non-teaching staff from various departments and Nagaratna Deshmane from the Kalaburagi City Corporation has launched the awareness drive in the slum localities in Kalaburagi and parts of Aland taluk and Afzalpur taluk. Dr. Londankar said that awareness programmes are being held to educate and assist villagers in safeguarding themselves from the virus. “We also highlight the importance of wearing masks, maintaining social distancing and using sanitiser to fight COVID-19. During the awareness drive, we play a folk song on coronavirus and the precautionary steps are explained in a more effective manner,” he said.