NEW DELHI - India has reported nearly two and half million cases of Covid-19, the third worst hit country in the world, but concerns are growing over the pandemic spreading to rural areas where 70 per cent of the population live.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
NEW DELHI - India has reported nearly 2.5 million cases of Covid-19, the third worst-hit country in the world, but concerns are growing over the pandemic spreading to rural areas, where 70 per cent of the population live.
Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, in particular, witnessed the return of hundreds of thousands of migrant workers to villages and smaller towns from the cities. All were fearful of the pandemic and had fled home after losing their jobs Nearly all restrictions have been eased in stages but how the situation evolves in rural India could pose another major challenge for the government, with the number of cases climbing seemingly inexorably.
A Lancet study last month said several districts in nine major states, including the poorest states of Bihar, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh with big rural populations, were vulnerable to new infections.
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