NEW DELHI : The reverse migration of workers from metros towards their homes in villages has put the stressed and crumbling healthcare infrastructure in rural India to test.
Coronavirus started gradually expanding to rural areas soon after India declared the presence of covid-19 in the country in January.
Covid-19 cases have already been recorded in areas, such as Lakhimpur Kheri in Uttar Pradesh and Bhilwara in Rajasthan to Ratnagiri in Maharashtra, which are officially provinces in rural India.
The reverse migration has further increased possibilities of fast spread of the contagion in rural India that has a shortfall of healthcare services and doctors.