Fear of COVID-19 stalks Delhi slum dwellers with no safety net


  • World
  • Wednesday, 28 Apr 2021

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Kneeling on the ground to knead dough in the tiny shanty he shares with six other people in a New Delhi slum, Udayshankar Kumar knows that he and everyone around him are in grave danger from the COVID-19 outbreak ripping through the city.

In Kirti Nagar, a ramshackle settlement by a railway track where Kumar lives, social distancing is not an option for residents who share single rooms with large families, navigate narrow alleyways and use the same toilets as their neighbours.

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