Villagers in India are taking to the trees to self-isolate because there isn’t enough space in their homes. Seven people who recently returned to the Purulia district in West Bengal from the southern city Chennai were advised to self-isolate themselves for a fortnight.
The group have built platforms and moved beds into the branches of a tree, to keep their families and neighbours safe. They will remain in the tree for the entire quarantine period. "The doctor directed us to stay at home and practice social distancing,” villager Bijoy Sing Laya said yesterday. “We don't have personal rooms in our houses.
It was decided in the village that we should be isolated, we are living on and under the tree out of our own free will and we are doing