An Indian city has registered more than 1,000 positive Covid-19 cases in just 48 hours as hundreds of thousands of people descend on Haridwar and the Ganges river where the Kumbh Mela is being observed.
Indian officials have labeled the weeks-long Hindu festival a “super-spreader” event with hundreds of thousands of people flocking to the city on Wednesday alone, which is considered to be one of the most auspicious days of the entire festival.
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