NEW DELHI : The rural health infrastructure is increasingly coming under scrutiny in the backdrop of the largest internal migration of modern times, triggered by rapidly spreading coronavirus across the country.
The virus started gradually expanding to rural areas soon after first positive covid-19 case was reported in the country in January.
The situation has been exacerbated with the reverse migration and a shortfall of healthcare services and doctors in the rural areas. “They may be carrying coronavirus infection inside your nose and throat and they may increase the spread they have travelled through heavily crowded buses, trains or vehicles," said Dr.