India: Bodies of suspected COVID-19 victims wash up on Ganges riverbanks | News | DW
COVID-19: Indian experts, advisers blame government Poorer regions hit by the surge in infections Some of the corpses had been partially burned and bloated suggesting that they had been in the water for several days. Locals told AFP news agency that they believed the bodies had been dumped as cremation sites in rural India were being overwhelmed. Many locals, especially in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, two of India's poorest states, are not able to afford wood for the pyres or to pay workers who are charging more for coronavirus cremations. National newspaper The Times of India reported that the...