AdvertisementMore than 150 bodies of suspected coronavirus patients have been dumped into the River Ganges amid fears that relatives could not bury or cremate them in the latest shocking scene revealing the extent of India's covid crisis. Footage showed bodies washed up on the banks of the River Ganges in Bihar state today. The local authorities believe they are Covid patients amid soaring costs for having relatives crematedDisturbing images showed bloated and rotting corpses floating through the Ganges. A football and cricket stadium is being converted into a hospital for Covid-19 patients with 430 beds. There are 2,100 beds reserved in government centres for Covid-19 patients in Gauhati, with hundreds more planned.

Source: Daily Mail May 10, 2021 13:57 UTC