ReutersSixty-five healthcare personnel, including doctors, deployed on Kumbh duty have tested positive for COVID-19, officials said here on Friday. All of them have been kept in isolation, they said.
A total of 751 healthcare personnel -- 336 doctors and 415 nurses and paramedics -- had been deployed in the Kumbh Mela area after being vaccinated.
The Kumbh Mela area is spread over 641 hectares.
A total of 751 healthcare personnel -- 336 doctors and 415 nurses and paramedics -- had been deployed in the Kumbh Mela area after being vaccinated.
The Kumbh Mela area is spread over 641 hectares.
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 | Krishnan K N52 minutes ago Health workers are to be treated like gold in this crisis, but in our country they are still treated as expendable. What's the need for this gathering when the country is in midst of a health crisis? it's shameful that political gains are seen more valuable as gutsy decision of prohibiting the mela was not taken in foresight. |