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How can rural India battle Covid?

What can be done to control the spread of the pandemic in rural areas, and is there a way to resolve the under-reporting of actual cases and fatalities?

While the total number of daily Covid infections in India is on the wane, the share of cases in rural districts is seeing a big surge. A large number of people in rural towns and villages live in poverty, and rundown local hospitals and clinics are unequipped to cope with a crisis of this scale. There is also a severe distrust in modern medicine.

What can be done to control the spread of the pandemic in rural areas, and is there a way to resolve the under-reporting of actual cases and fatalities?

In this edition of WorklifeIndia, we discuss ways of lessening the impact of Covid in rural India.

Presenter: Devina Gupta

Contributors: Dr Pavitra Mohan, co-founder, Basic HealthCare Services; Brian Lobo, activist, Kashtakari Sanghatana; Osama Manzar, founder & director, Digital Empowerment Foundation

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A villager suffering from COVID-19 sits in a cot as he receives treatment at a makeshift open-air clinic in Mewla Gopalgarh village, in Jewar district, in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, India, May 16, 2021 (Credit: Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)

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