“However, the tribal people who live deep in the forest areas of Anamalai and Sholayar are moving further deeper fearing the tests and this has to be taken care of as they come back to the mainland and can turn super spreaders.” Sugunendran Parthiban, a doctor who lives in Anamalai told IANS: “There is indeed a lack of awareness but the state health department has woken up and is conducting several awareness programme and door to door testing is now taking place. We did not know the gravity of the disease until now when the second wave of the pandemic hit us.” Muthuswamy Ranganathan 42, a farmer in Karmadai told IANS: “My neighbour, Raghavan passed away on Sunday after testing Covid-19 positive and we are afraid of contracting the disease. Several villages in several areas of Anamalai, Karmadai, Pollachi, Annur and Sullur in Coimbatore district have witnessed a sudden surge in fresh cases and several are turning fatal.
We are installing temporary health infrastructure on a war footing in the hinterlands to counter this wave as fast as we can.” State Health Minister Ma Subramaniam told IANS: “This is worrisome but the doctors and health officials are making maximum effort to bring it down and a major hindrance in rural areas of is lack of infrastructure. Lack of awareness in the rural areas coupled with the people not wearing masks and not undergoing tests is the major reason for the spike in cases. Chennai:Even as metro cities of Tamil Nadu like Chennai, Coimbatore and Madurai show a downward trend in fresh COVID-19 cases, the public health department of the state and the health ministry begin to combat a surge in coronavirus cases in rural areas.
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