Boosting Immunity Against COVID Tripura Style! Distribute Vitamin-C Rich Fruits Like Pineapple
The COVID-19 pandemic is unlike anything that we have seen so far in a very long time. And since the virus is not going away anytime soon and the vaccine will take its own sweet time to be market-ready, the best we can do is to try not to get the virus.?
One way to do it is by improving our immunity and there are several medicines, home remedies, and practices like yoga that can help in this.But in the northeastern state of Tripura, the government is trying out a novel approach.?
Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb has said that the state government will start free distribution of vitamin-C enriched fruits among people in urban areas from Saturday to boost their immunities to fight the coronavirus infection.?
The government has already allocated Rs 1 crore for the ''Mukhya Mantri Corona Pratirodhak Abhiyan''."The state government will start distributing vitamin-C enriched fruits especially pineapple and lemon from July 4.?
"These fruits have been bought directly from the farmers so that they could also get benefits. The scheme will be monitored by the National Urban Livelihood Mission at the grassroots," Deb said in a Facebook post.
The fruits will be distributed by urban local bodies throughout the state every Saturday from 12 pm to 4 pm.
¡°The basic idea behind the programme is to thwart the infection of Covid-19 by boosting people¡¯s immunity,¡± state¡¯s Law and Education Minister Ratan Lal Nath said.Tripura produces 1.28 lakh tonnes of pineapples annually.The queen variety of pineapple is the state fruit and exported to Dubai, Bangladesh and many other countries.?
"The state horticulture department has given a list of pineapple and lemon growing places and names of farmers to the authorities concerned so that they could buy and supply these fruits," an official said.?
Unlike the majority of the northeastern states, Tripura has seen a comparatively high number of COVID-19 cases.The state has so far recorded a total of 1,401 COVID-19 cases. But a total of 1,093 COVID-19 patients have so far recovered from the illness.?
What is even more impressive is the COVID-19 mortality rate in Tripura. The state has so far recorded just one death from the viral infection.?
