Death in the Himalayas: Poverty, fear, stretched resources propel India's Covid crisis
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 a hospital far from home...
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