In India's remote peaks, the pandemic's toll is worsened by lack of medical facilities, roads and information Phalguni Devi has spent a fortnight living in a cattle shed. Looking out on a rainy afternoon in early June, she worries that if the rain does not let up, her fever-like symptoms will worsen. Devi, 51, shares the shed with a cow and two cats, and this has taken its toll. Herbal concoctions have not worked and the visit to a pharmacist in the nearest town, in the Nijmola valley in the Him...
High in the Himalayas, villagers hit by Covid are left to fend for themselves
The Guardian - 16 Jun 2021 06:45
In India's remote peaks, the pandemic's toll is worsened by lack of medical facilities, roads and information Phalguni Devi has spent a fortnight living in a cattle shed. Looking out on a rainy afternoon in early June, she worries that if the rain does not let up, her fever-like symptoms will worsen. Devi, 51, shares the shed with a cow and two cats, and this has taken its toll. Herbal concoctions have not worked and the visit to a pharmacist in the nearest town, in the Nijmola valley in the Him...
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