Indians crowd a wholesale market ahead of the Hindu festival of Dussehra in New Delhi. Health officials have warned about the potential for the coronavirus to spread during the upcoming religious festival season, which is marked by huge gatherings in temples and shopping districts. - AP
NEW DELHI, Oct 25 (AP): Just weeks after India fully opened up from a harsh lockdown and began to modestly turn a corner by cutting new coronavirus infections by near half, the ongoing Hindu festival season is raising fears that a fresh surge could spoil the hard-won gains.
"I’d be very worried about what we are going to see in India,” said Dr. Ashish Jha, the dean of Brown University’s School of Public Health and a leading infectious disease expert.
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