Suspected COVID-19 victims discovered in India’s Ganges River
AP, NEW DELHI
Scores of dead bodies have been found floating down the Ganges River in eastern India as the country battles a ferocious surge in COVID-19 infections. Authorities on Tuesday said that they have not yet determined the cause of death.
Health officials working through Monday night retrieved 71 bodies, officials in Bihar state said.
Images on social media of the bodies floating in the river prompted outrage and speculation that they died from COVID-19.
Bodies of people who died of COVID-19 are cremated at an open crematorium on the outskirts of Bengaluru, India, yesterday.
Every single individual in J&K UT counts
Every single individual in J&K UT counts
Raman Suri
Engineer Manoj Sinha, who is the second Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir, in his article published in Daily Excelsior on 26th April 2021, had very categorically spelled out his priorities when it comes to dealing with pandemic that has caught the world unaware and is causing havoc since past one year. While asking people to be compassionate towards each other in these testing times, he is of the view that in its war against COVID-19, for Union Territory of J&K “every single individual counts”. This says it all about the administration’s priorities and preparedness to deal with the situation but this too has certain limitations.