MUMBAI/LUCKNOW, India - Thousands of people in overcrowded coronavirus quarantine centres in government buildings across India are complaining of poor food and sanitation and lack of social distancing, inmates and officials say. Some are trying to escape.
But many have since been flooded with tens of thousands of migrant workers who tried to flee the big cities of Delhi, Mumbai and Ahmedabad after a lockdown announced last month sapped their earnings and they were stopped by police on their way to their home villages."I have been flooded with demands - people need better beds, clean toilets ...
India has reported 23,076 cases of coronavirus, according to government data on Friday, and the worry is that there could be a surge as testing is ramped up, putting further pressure on quarantine centres. Frontline medical staff have also complained. Doctors released videos showing stale food, dirty toilets and shortage of bed linen in Rae Bareli, a quarantine centre in Uttar Pradesh.