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  The first outbreak of COVID-19 occurred in Wuhan in early Dec 2019. It took 67 days to infect 1 lakh people from COVID-19 and additional 12 days to infiltr ate a further 1 lakh. India reported its first COVID-19 case on 30 th January. The affected had a travel history from Wuhan. Within a month later two more COVID-19 cases were reported where one patient had travelled from Italy and the other from Dubai. Hence the spread continued. Today the total corona virus cases in India are approximately above 9 lakh. This number keeps changing everyday. The virus has travelled all parts of India, keeping its mark in both urban and rural areas. With the lockdown and reverse migration the number of positive cases has started increasing in the rural areas too. Due to the lack of proper health services and timely testing and treatment the virus aggravated in the rural areas. In general, rural healthcare has always suffered from inadequate infrastructure, insufficient health workforce and unde...

India is now among the top 10 nations that have been worst hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. The disease is now spreading in the rural areas. Currently, this virus does not have symptoms; it can only be detected if tested. Hence the situation is all the more worst especially in the rural areas since they do not have proper healthcare facilities. The population out there completely relies on people’s power and healthcare workers who are continuously providing healthcare support. We at GeBBS Foundation know that testing is an essential part of India’s COVID-19 control strategy otherwise spread of the infection will be missed. Hence to trace and quarantine contact our volunteers and ASHA workers visit different villages to spread awareness about the COVID-19 virus. They visit door to door to find people with suspected infections. If a person has symptoms, he/she is tested for the virus along with the family members. If tested positive, they are taken to isolation units or hospitals . All...