1MD (Community Medicine) Associate Professor, Department of Community Medicine, Subharti Medical College, Meerut. Email: saurabh.krishnatra@gmail.com
2MD (Community Medicine) Professor, Department of Community Medicine, Subharti Medical College, Meerut. Email: rbansal13579@gmail.com
3PhD (Medical Sociology) Associate Professor, Medical Sociology, Swami Vivekananda Subharti University Meerut UP. Email: sartajsaleem@gmail.com
4MD (Community Medicine) Professor, Department of Community Medicine, Subharti Medical College, Meerut. Email: drpparashar@rediffmail.com
5MD (Community Medicine) Assistant Professor, Department of Community Medicine, Andaman and Nicobar Islands Institute of Medical Sciences Port Blair. Email:dpkbansal2007@gmail.com
6PhD (Biostatistics ) Assistant Professor, Department of Community Medicine, Subharti Medical College, Meerut UP. Email: kaikhan24@gmail.com
7MSW, Department of Community Medicine, Subharti Medical College, Meerut. Email:advancefarhat@gmail,com
Corresponding Author: Dr. Deepak Kumar MD (Community Medicine) Assistant Professor, Department of Community Medicine, Andaman and Nicobar Islands Institute of Medical Sciences Port Blair. Email:dpkbansal2007@gmail.com
Abstract:
The current global pandemic of COVID-19 necessitates a public health strategy with more emphasis on epidemiology, especially with regards to understanding the causes as well as identifying appropriate population-based behavioral and educational programs. However, the virus does not differentiate between rich-poor or rural-urban dichotomies. It is particularly a threat to a country like India, where 65–68% of the population live in rural areas that also have the highest overall burden of disease globally. The corona virus disease has various negative consequences on various section of society.
