Covid-19: As focus shifts to countryside, tailor solutions to grassroots situation
Health workers at a camp in Palghar (Image courtesy: Team Bhopoli) As the second wave of Covid-19 seems to recede from the big cities, the focus is on the rural side. That is where more and more cases are coming up and that is where health infrastructure is especially weak. What needs to be done? Can gram panchayats act as the first line of defence? To strengthen them and to provide grants to them, the finance ministry on Wednesday released Rs 8,923.8 crore to 25 states, following a recommendation of the ministry of panchayati raj. Also, the health ministry issued SOPs on Covid-19 containment...