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COVID-19: Virus-hit India's overwhelmed health workers brace for monsoon

The season brings much-needed rain but also devastation and disease

Published: June 16, 2020 13:09 Compiled by Christian Borbon, Digital Content Editor and AFP

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20200616 healthcare — With hospitals already severely stretched, coronavirus-hit India is now bracing for the monsoon and its deadly annual onslaught of mosquito-borne illnesses, with an overwhelmed army of public health workers the only defence. Image Credit: Reuters

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Copy of 144548-01-02-1592296797899 — Every year illnesses such as dengue fever and malaria infect more than half a million people and kill hundreds in India as the monsoon brings much-needed rain but also devastation and disease. | A civic authority worker (L) fumigates a slum area to kill disease-carrying mosquitoes in Mumbai. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 144549-01-02-1592296800398 — A months-long lockdown to prevent the epidemic from spreading left Mumbai with an acute shortage of sanitation workers. | A civic authority worker fumigates a slum area. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 144551-01-02-1592296805163 — Thousands of public health workers who fumigate neighbourhoods to kill disease-carrying mosquitoes had to delay those crucial efforts for two months to focus on sanitation instead. | Children are covered in smoke as a civic authority worker (R) fumigates a slum area. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 144550-01-02-1592296802647 — "Many of our men are doing double shifts, working 14 hours straight," said Rajan Naringrekar, the head of the city's insecticide department. | A civic authority worker fumigates a slum area. Image Credit: AFP

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20200616 mumbai — With nearly 60,000 infections, Mumbai accounts for around a fifth of India's coronavirus cases. Image Credit: PTI

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Copy of 144552-01-02-1592296807668 — As teams fumigated a slum and cleared out stagnant water - a potent breeding ground for mosquitoes - from sagging tarpaulin roofs, storage bins and bottles, Naringrekar told AFP many of them were afraid of contracting the virus. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 144545-01-02-1592296791347 — The risks will increase exponentially with the rains, with workers required to inspect homes and offices in case of a dengue outbreak. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 144547-01-02-1592296795673 — People react to the smoke as civic authority workers fumigate a slum area to kill disease-carrying mosquitoes in Mumbai ahead of the monsoon season. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 144546-01-02-1592296793574 — A civic authority worker (L) fumigates a slum area to kill disease-carrying mosquitoes in Mumbai. Image Credit: AFP

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20200616 bmc — A BMC worker carries out fumigation work as part of the preventive measures against malaria ahead of Monsoon season, at Mazgaon in Mumbai. Image Credit: PTI

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