At an Indian village near New Delhi, a former hospital worker with no medical education runs a small clinic where he checks oxygen levels and body temperatures of patients lying on makeshift beds. Concerns are rising that people in India’s rural areas are being hit hard by COVID-19 infections as poor health infrastructure and a lack of testing risks leaving many of them clueless as to whether they are infected with the coronavirus or just experiencing a regular cough and cold.
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