Braving coronavirus risks, young Indian volunteers tend to the sick and the dead
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Akshay Mandlik along with other volunteers carry the body of a person, who died from coronavirus for burial at a cemetery in Bengaluru, on Tuesday. Reuters
Every day after he wraps up the online classes he teaches at a Bengaluru college, Akshay Mandlik puts on his mask, gloves and overalls and heads out to help bury the COVID dead.
The 37-year-old professor of social work is one of many citizen volunteers across India who have stepped up to help families affected by the country's devastating second wave, often risking their own personal safety.