The rural battleground and our need for a ‘long covid’ database Premium Falguni Tewari We must not just deploy healthcare resources to villages but also set up systems to monitor and study post-covid complications Read Full Story As the country awaits more reassuring findings following its dip in covid cases, a stark contrast waits to be addressed in its rural areas. India’s first wave was largely about the elderly population and big cities. The fight, hence, became more about containment than medical assistance. Now, with partial lockdowns, the virus spread has affected the country’s working-age population and tier 2 cities.