Information, especially health information is indispensable. Rural communities particularly the disadvantaged areas are the worst hit in situations where crucial information on the deadly disease is lacking. This paper investigates access to health information in disadvantaged rural communities in the face of a ravaging COVID-19. It investigates the information structures, the extent of awareness of the pandemic, awareness of its symptoms and preventions, channels of information and problems hindering access to information to disadvantaged rural communities and the role librarians can play in bridging the gap. The study found that the structure of disadvantaged communities is critical and isolates them. However, they are aware of COVID-19 through town criers, churches and radio messages, but have limited understanding and reservations on the matter due to the elitist way the information was delivered which negates rural techniques of information delivery. Thus, further repackaging of COVID-19 information to the communication level of disadvantaged rural communities is required. The paper concludes that the absence of librarians whose modern training incorporates special features on rural information dissemination is a misnomer. Against the background of poor financial disposition of libraries to support librarians in this numerous task. The paper recommends that librarians should develop the will to work in difficult terrains, apply lobby and advocacy strategies to key into the chain of funds from international community at least on contingency cases and re-equip themselves in the skills of rural information dissemination etc.