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In Telangana, an 18-year-old youth, Ramavath Shiva, found a different isolation shelter after testing positive for Corona virus at a remote tiny village in Nalgonda district. ”  ”He himself built an isolation place on top of a tree called Ponagamia Pinnata, known for its medicinal values nearby his house, to keep his family members at a safe distance. ”  ”Shiva almost spent his entire isolation period on this make shift isolation arrangement and now about to get down from the tree after recovery. ”  ”AIR correspondent reports, Ramavath Shiva went to Hyderabad to pursue his graduation from a remote village, Kothanandikonda of Nalgonda district in Telangana. ”  ”It is about 200 kilometres from the state capital and he had to go back to his village following closure of hostels due to COVID-19 pandemic. ”  ”He resides at his small house along with parents and two other siblings. ”  ”Somehow, he developed COVID symptoms and approached the nearest ANM with the help of his friend and tested positive during the first week of this month. ”  ”Then he faced the actual problem, isolation. His village is a remote one and nearest Isolation Centre is far away and his house is too small to observe isolation. ”  ”Then Shiva found a best possible solution from the emerging conditions and available resources and decided to set up his make shift isolation place on top of the tree close by his house. ”  ”With the help of his brother, he set up a scaffold for spending his isolation period on top of the Kanuga Tree, as locals call Ponagamia. ”  ”A pulley system was set up with a rope and a bucket for family members to send food, water and other essentials for him. ”  ”When contacted, he said, rain could not shatter his strong determination as his main intention was to protect his family members from the infection. Now, he hopes for a COVID free India soon.

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Covid-19 positive Telangana youth makes ‘isolation shelter’ for himself on tree top