Shallow Graves, Bodies In River: COVID-19 Hits Villages
Shallow Graves, Bodies In River: COVID-19 Hits Villages
Despite medical teams visiting villages, people are reluctant to get tested for the virus, says a Bhopal-based senior researcher in health and bioethics.
Police, administrative officials inspect cremation ground on the banks of Ganges River, in Unnao
Unnao, Uttar Pradesh:
Coronavirus is raging in India's hinterland, where in some places bodies are being buried in shallow graves or given up to rivers and the sick have little hope other than herbal remedies and amateur doctors.
Kidwai Ahmad, from Uttar Pradesh's Sadullahpur village said the situation is "disastrous" with people dying all around his neighbourhood.