Awareness campaign, speedy testing and vaccination will help check the spread of Covid-19 infection in rural areas of Jharkhand.
That was the general opinion expressed by the MPs and MLAs of the state during their three-day virtual meeting on the Covid situation that was initiated by chief minister Hemant Soren and began on Monday.
While the people’s representatives from Santhal Pargana and Palamau regions participated in the meeting on Monday, those from South Chotanagpur and Kolhan did so on Tuesday.
Others from North Chotanagpur region will attend the same on Wednesday.
“There is a lack of awareness among the villagers and they hardly use masks,” Jharkhand’s welfare minister Champai Soren pointed out on Tuesday, suggesting the