Name: Millions Flock To Hindu Festival Amid Coronavirus Spike
Brand: npr.org
SKU: npr-org-1023
Availability: OnlineOnly

critic

Millions Flock To Hindu Festival Amid Coronavirus Spike

preview

Millions Flock To Hindu Festival Amid Coronavirus Spike : Coronavirus Updates Hindu pilgrims are traveling to bathe in the Ganges River to wipe out their sins.Heard onToggle more optionsHYDERABAD, India — One of the largest gatherings of people in the world continues in northern India amid a sharp rise in coronavirus cases and a weakening supply of vaccines. Almost Hindu pilgrims have bathed in the Ganges River as part of this year's Kumbh Mela festival, raising concerns that the festival could become a super spreader event. On Monday, the festival's second-holiest day, India's Health Ministry reported nearly . India's total caseload has become the after the United States. On the banks of the Ganges, Hindu prayer music is interrupted by whistles from police, trying unsuccessfully to enforce social distancing rules. Police are using artificial intelligence-enabled surveillance cameras to spot people not wearing masks. But because of the huge crowds, it's practically impossible to issue fines on those not abiding by the rules, Sanjay Gunjyal, who's in charge of security for the festival, local media. India's drug regulator the Russian vaccine Sputnik V "for restricted use in emergency situations" Tuesday, making it the third available vaccine in India. The country has so far administered more than 100 million doses of vaccines but at this rate, experts say it would take years to immunize the entire population of nearly 1.4 billion.Even as the virus surges to its worst level, daily life remains unaffected in most parts of the country. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other politicians have addressed massive campaign rallies in several states holding local elections. When Muslim scholars held a congregation in New Delhi last year, before India's lockdown, politicians and many from India's Hindu majority blamed Muslims for spreading the coronavirus. Last month, when reporters asked Uttarakhand's chief minister about COVID-19 concerns ahead of the Hindu Kumbh Mela festival, he no one would be stopped from coming because of the pandemic. "Pilgrims' faith will overcome the fear of the virus," he said.Sponsor Message

Millions Flock To Hindu Festival Amid Coronavirus Spike : Coronavirus Updates Hindu pilgrims are traveling to bathe in the Ganges River to wipe out their sins.Heard onToggle more optionsHYDERABAD, India — One of the largest gatherings of people in the world continues in northern India amid a sharp rise in coronavirus cases and a weakening supply of vaccines. Almost Hindu pilgrims have bathed in the Ganges River as part of this year's Kumbh Mela festival, raising concerns that the festival could become a super spreader event. On Monday, the festival's second-holiest day, India's Health...

public

 Telling stories thru words & sounds in  @natgeo   @bbc_future   @newscientist   @TheWorld   @csmonitor  & more.  @opcofamerica  awardee. Prev  @npr  Mumbai &  @columbiajourn

Sushmita Pathak

News. Arts & Life. Music & more. This is NPR. 🕵️ Securely send us news tips: http://securedrop.npr.org

npr.org

Credible

Speculation

Anecdotal Evidence

Generalization

Stacking the Deck

Appeal to Authority

Straw Man

Slippery Slope

Emotional Appeal

Red Herring

False Dilemma

Illogical

Moral Equivalency

Ad Hominem

Correlation w/o Causation

Semantics

Begging the Question

Faulty Analogy

Non Sequitur

Bandwagon

Dogmatism

Failing Occam's Razor

Biased

Pure Opinion

Hit Piece

Racial Bias

National Bias

Religious Bias

Financial Incentive

Political Agenda

Gender Bias

Misused Image/Video

Study Misinterpreted

Mistake

Misused Term

Science Misrepresented

Factual Error

Satire

Surface Level

Lack of Reliable Sources

Sensational

Not Credible

Investigative

Balanced

Well Sourced

Great Context

sports

entertainment

U.S.

international

business

technology

science

culture

politics

media

health

Millions Flock To Hindu Festival Amid Coronavirus Spike

No article scores yet.

CRITIC REVIEWS

PUBLIC REVIEWS