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Government response during covid Rapid response team The coronavirus has not just affected our health as a population but has also managed to alter the behaviour of our whole community. It is important to learn how the community has evolved to deal with the coronavirus. While public gatherings are restricted, travelling is also discouraged. It is the Ward level Team which at the face of this calamity is acting as the Rapid Response Team(RRT) that is given the responsibility to enforce this quarantine. The RRT is expected to maintain a line list (a list of all such persons with their necessary information and relevant dates).Because the RRT is part of the community there, they are expected to know the individuals or families living there. The team has to have surveillance over the 400 odd families in that community. If this job is done with care and precision, half the battle against Corona is won. The RRT is expected to take daily updates from the people staying in home isolation and m
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  Disaster management Disaster Management can be defined as the preparedness, response and recovery methods in order to lessen the impact of disasters. A disaster disrupts the normal function of the society to the extent that it cannot function without outside help.  Disasters can be classified as natural, technological or complex emergencies. Let's take a look at the natural disasters in Kerala. The entire nation came forward to lend a helping hand to the Kerala flood victims. Central Government, State Governments, Union Territories, Multi National Corporations, Big Business Houses, Celebrities, Sportsmen and women, schools, colleges, and common people have contributed to Kerala’s Chief Minister’s Relief Fund generously. Apart from these generous donations, it was the local community coming together for rescue missions and volunteering in relief camps that had an enormous impact on the return to normalcy. Awareness and preparedness are the most effective prevention and mitigation
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  Introduction to community response network(CRN)101 About: Community Response Network (CRN 101) is a simple course designed to give a student a basic understanding of disaster management and how government systems work in general. Objective: The objective of CRN 101 course is to educate and create awareness about various government systems involved in the mitigation of disaster management. It covers a brief introduction to various government systems and how these systems coordinate together a Times of disasters. The topics discussed under CRN101: Tiers of panchayat system which included divisions in rural and urban areas Health system which included Health care infrastructure and department under health system Revenue system which contains 3 levels district, taluk and panchayat level Law enforcement and women in police Tiers of panchayat system Rural Area:                                                                                                                               
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