Mumbai gravediggers work 24/7 shifts as India’s COVID deaths soar

As India records highest daily deaths, Sayyed Munir Kamruddin says he and his colleagues are working around the clock.

Two or three months into the COVID-19 crisis, Mumbai gravedigger Sayyed Munir Kamruddin stopped wearing personal protective equipment and gloves. “I’m not scared of COVID, I have worked with courage. It’s all about courage, not about fear,” said the 52-year-old, who has been digging graves in the mega city for 25 years. India is in the midst of a vicious second wave of coronavirus infections that on Thursday saw the pandemic’s deadliest day with 3,645 deaths and 379,257 new cases reported in the last 24 hours, according to health ministry data.