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Rising Ganges river gives up India’s Covid-19 dead | South China Morning Post

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Shallow graves have been emerging from the banks of India’s Ganges river. The bodies, which washed up from seasonal monsoon floods, are believed to belong to Covid-19 victims who died during the second pandemic surge in April and May. Mass cremations are being carried out amid worries over river contamination. Local…

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