: The country should retain the medical infrastructure built to combat the COVID-19 pandemic till the large majority of the population is vaccinated, a medical expert said on Wednesday. Vice-President (Research and Policy)Public Health Foundation of India Prof D Prabhakaran stressed this need for the country to be prepared for the third wave. Prabhakaran, an epidemiologist, a cardiologist and a public heath expert, said the second wave is already ebbing in urban areas but rural ones may have some way to go. He said creating a simple home-based care with telemedicine assistance for those w...