With worldwide cases of Corona virus now surpassing 100,000 and the total number of confirmed coronavirus cases have touched 114 in India the Vedanta-Electrosteel (ESL) took steps to allay misconceptions about the virus by organising awareness camps in the outskirts of its plant area at Siyaljori at 35 kms from the district headquarter Bokaro on Monday.
The camps were organsied in association with our medical team units under the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) of Vedanta-Electrosteel Steels Limited, informed Vivek Anand Public Relation Officer of ESL.
Our motto behind organising the camps is to disseminate information on the basic precautions to be followed in the face of any communicable infection, underlined the basic rules of public health and sanitation that needed to be adhered to by the public to safeguard themselves from infection, said Anand.
Under this campaign, awareness camps were organsied in village Mohal, Kumartand and Budhibinor. Speaking on the occasion Dr. Vikas Kumar Singh, Dr. Praveen Patel and Niranjan Kumar, informed villagers that, the coronavirus (COVID-19) spreads through fluids from sneezing or by coming into contact with such fluids. doctors highlighted “handwashing” as a significant deterrent to the spread of the virus. People are advised to follow basic etiquette of covering their mouth with a handkerchief while sneezing, and washing hands with disinfecting soap to prevent infection.
This campaign will continue in the surrounding areas of the plant, its purpose is to spread awareness about how to save people from this dreaded disease, said Anand.
Beside Shankar Suman, Rakesh Kumar Singh, SR Tripathi and other employees of CSR Department of ESL Sarita Devi ( village head).
Ram Shekhar, Shiv Charan Singh, Sadhu Sharan Gupta, Sanjay Mahato and other villagers were present in the event and appreciated the company’s move.