India hospital fire kills 13 Covid patients
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23/04/2021 - 06:03
India is currently battling a devastating second wave, blamed on a new virus variant and lax government rules allowing huge religious and political gatherings Sajjad HUSSAIN AFP/File
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Mumbai (AFP)
Thirteen Covid-19 patients died in a hospital fire on Friday in the latest tragedy to hit India's health care system as it buckles under a devastating wave of infections.
The outbreak has been blamed on a new virus variant and lax government rules allowing huge religious and political gatherings to take place in recent months.
The latest fire broke out in the hospital in the outskirts of Mumbai at around 3:00 am (2130 GMT), a local official told AFP. It has since been put out and the cause was being investigated.