COVID-19 quarantine space

The Collector Villupuram District has granted special permission to use Sharanam guesthouse in the Bharat Nivas compound as a primary site, and the Tibetan Pavilion as a secondary site if needed, for quarantining residents of Auroville (including registered guests and volunteers) who have tested Covid-19 positive. This implies that those residents who are asymptomatic or with very mild symptoms can be in full isolation with medical supervision, as an alternative to sending our community members to government run Covid Care Centers. Patients with severe symptoms will have to go to a hospital as recommended by doctors.