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Hundreds test positive to coronavirus at ‘superspreader’ Kumbh Mela festival in India
More than 1,000 people have tested positive to coronavirus at the site of the world’s biggest religious festival in India, sparking warnings the gathering is already a superspreader event.
Key points:
- Worshippers have flocked to the River Ganges to celebrate the Kumbh Mela festival
- Officials in the state of Uttarakhand say the event is a ‘superspreader’
- At least one hotel in the area is being used as a makeshift COVID-19 isolation ward
Huge crowds of mostly maskless Hindu devotees have flocked to the banks of the River Ganges, near the city of Haridwar, for the weeks-long Kumbh Mela festival.
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