When the poor pay the priceCredit: Family handoutThis is Vinod Kumar. Each day, Vinod Kumar collected trash and swept the streets of India’s capital, New Delhi, to provide for his family. At a government hospital, Kumar had to pay 3,100 rupees for treatment. On April 24, six days after he was admitted to hospital, Kumar died. Family members of workers who died of Covid-19 received 10 million rupees ($136,000) within six weeks, he said.

Source: CNN September 28, 2020 22:34 UTC