India's coronavirus vaccine inequity worsens as countryside languishes
India has administered more than 222 million COVID-19 doses since starting its campaign in mid-January
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India has administered more than 222 million COVID-19 doses since starting its campaign in mid-January
Pramila Devi, a 36-year-old mother of three passed away in an Uttarakhand village, a day after testing positive for the coronavirus
Pramila Devi's shrouded body lay on a bier, resting on a rock on the banks of a muddy Ganges. The 36-year-old mother-of-three died the previous night in a village in the mountainous northern state of Uttarakhand, a day after testing positive for COVID-19. Devi's death on Sunday is a sign of how poverty, fear and a lack of facilities are adding to COVID-19 fatalities in remote villages, where many shun tests for fear of testing positive and being forced to go to hospital far from home.
Many in remote villages shun tests for fear of testing positive and being forced to go to hospital far from home.
Pramila Devi's shrouded body lay on a bier, resting on a rock on the banks of a muddy Ganges.