Used PPE kits thrown in the open at Vadodara’s Khaswadi crematorium. (Photo by Bhupendra Rana)
Over five months after the first Covid-19 case was reported in Gujarat on March 19, the number of cases in the state crossed one lakh on Thursday, when several districts are battling rising infection and manpower crunch, even as the cities where the spread began are comparatively under control with timely intervention from the state health department and central teams.
Surendranagar district, which deputed medical professionals to Ahmedabad, had to request the health department to cancel the deputations when the district had a…
