Village sheds light on India’s surging Covid-19 caseload
Local religious event is blamed for spread of the coronavirus in Rajewadi
04 September 2020 - 10:25
Rajewadi/Guwahati — The quaint, sugar cane-growing village of Rajewadi in India’s west did not have a single confirmed coronavirus case until mid-August. Now one in four people there is positive for the virus, with police blaming a local religious event for the spread.
Such spurts in cases in small towns and villages, where mask wearing and social distancing have nearly vanished and community gatherings are back, explain why India’s infections are now rising faster than anywhere else in the world and why the country is set to top 4-million cases...
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