Sifting with bare hands, hundreds of scavengers at this landfill site on the outskirts of New Delhi expose themselves to a disease that has infected more than 15 million people globally and claimed over 600,000 lives via adnanabidi & SunilKataria
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But over the past few months, increasing amounts of biomedical waste have been arriving at the dump - a result, experts say, of the novel coronavirus pandemic and a huge risk for those who work there.Rubbish bags stand inside a landfill site near a residential area. Sifting with bare hands, hundreds of scavengers including children expose themselves to a disease that has infected more than 15 million people globally and claimed over 600,000 lives.. New Delhi, India. Reuters/Adnan AbidiRight:India has reported almost 1.2 million cases overall, behind only the United States and Brazil.. New Delhi, India.
Dinesh Raj Bandela, an expert in biomedical waste at the Delhi-based think tank Centre for Science and Environment, said there are clear protocols set by the national pollution regulator to dispose of biomedical waste.
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