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Suman Lata’s family begged her to refuse a summons to monitor elections in Uttar Pradesh state last month but, worried about losing her job, the 49-year-old mother of three went anyway, just as India’s second coronavirus wave hit a peak. ....
Sprawling across north India and home to more than 200 million people, Uttar Pradesh is more populous than Brazil. Village-level elections are a huge exercise, with more than 1.3 million candidates vying for 800,000 seats in voting spread over four days in April. ....
Many teachers pressed into Indian poll duty became virus victims, say families 27 May 2021 Neha Sharma, 9, daughter of Lalit Kumar Sharma, shows a picture of her father on a mobile phone inside their house in the town of Jewar, Uttar Pradesh, on Thursday. Reuters Suman Lata’s family begged her to refuse a summons to monitor elections in Uttar Pradesh state last month but, worried about losing her job, the 49-year-old mother of three went anyway, just as India’s second coronavirus wave hit a peak. Two weeks later, she was dead, one of more than 1,600 teachers who died from COVID-19 in the weeks after working at the polls, according to the families of eight victims and mortality data supplied by a teachers’ union. ....
Many teachers pressed into Indian poll duty became COVID-19 victims, families say Toggle share menu Advertisement Many teachers pressed into Indian poll duty became COVID-19 victims, families say A garland is seen on a photo of Suman Lata, 50, a teacher who died from COVID-19 after she attended her local election duty in April in the town of Vrindavan in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, India, May 25, 2021. (Photo: REUTERS/Adnan Abidi) 27 May 2021 06:04PM Share this content Bookmark MATHURA, India: Suman Lata s family begged her to refuse a summons to monitor elections in Uttar Pradesh state last month but, worried about losing her job, the 49-year-old mother of three went anyway, just as India s second coronavirus wave hit a peak. ....