Anantapur district vulnerable to Covid-19

Anantapur: The district is vulnerable to contact Covid-19 due to regular flow of foreigners through whom the disease has been spreading. Foreigners frequently visit the campus of Rural Development Trust (RDT), a noted NGO supported by sponsors from Spain. Several volunteers come to the campus from Spain and spend considerable days in the RDT projects overseeing charity works under implementation.

Also innumerable tourists come to Puttaparthi and stay there for long durations, visiting Prashanthi Nilayam of Sathya Sai Baba. Farmers also congregate at Puttaparthi. Many foreigners have purchased villas in the international pilgrim town where they stay for months as tourists and participate in the Bhajans of the Baba. Recently a Russian national who came as a tourist stayed in the town for a few days during which time he was admitted into Government General Hospital with symptoms of corona virus but luckily, he was tested negative.

Even Kia Automobiles has scores of South Koreans working in the plant and many officials from South Korea visit the plant and go. Also South Korean residential colonies were constructed within the Kia vicinity and also at Palasamudram where ancillary industries located. Even foreign devotees of Kaleshwar Swamy visit the late Swamy's ashram being run by his wife. Bengauluru also is a haven for South Koreans who visit the district even for social and religious purposes.

Also scores of students from the district had gone to China and Philippines.

Sources in Kia Security department told 'The Hans India' that all precautions are taken by the company to prevent corona from entering its campus by cancelling south Koreans visit to Kia and also preventing Korean nationals living in the campus from interacting with others in Bengaluru.

SP B Sathya Yesu Babu told 'The Hans India' that screening of foreigners visits to any part of India is under the strict monitoring of Ministry of External Affairs.