Produced by Lauren Leatherby, Craig Allen, Josh Holder, Allison McCann, Jeffrey Furticella and Andrew Rodriguez.<\/p>\n
How fear, neglect and Covid-19 tore apart a single New Delhi neighborhood.<\/p>\n
Asha lit up the neighborhood. The 54-year-old woman, who insisted people call her by one name, took care of neighbors when they got sick. She planted trees up and down the block. She was friendly with just about everybody at the local market.<\/p>\n
When Covid-19 swept through Ms. Ashas New Delhi suburb, Nangli Vihar, the death toll didnt set any records. The neighborhood is not the poorest, the worst-hit or the most crowded in the city. It could have been any street in New Delhi.<\/p>\n
But as the virus ricocheted from house to house, it did more than kill. With hospitals full and the government largely absent, fear began to spread. People shut their doors, shattering many of the relationships that make up a neighborhood.<\/p>\n
Now New Delhi is starting to reopen after suffering one of the worlds deadliest outbreaks. We spent a week with the residents of a few close-knit blocks in Nangli Vihar as they begin to emerge from fear and isolation and often after tremendous loss.<\/p>\n
Neeraj Kumar lost<\/p>\n
his father on May 14.<\/p>\n
Ms. Asha lived<\/p>\n
on this street.<\/p>\n
Birat Devi died<\/p>\n
almost a week after<\/p>\n
getting vaccinated.<\/p>\n
People lined up outside a clinic,<\/p>\n
complaining of fever and<\/p>\n
Covid-like symptoms.<\/p>\n
Someone died here<\/p>\n
recently. Neighbors<\/p>\n
suspect Covid.<\/p>\n
Ajay Pal Singh and his family got Covid<\/p>\n
in April after his wife returned from<\/p>\n
a visit to a Hindu holy site.<\/p>\n
Desperate for an income,<\/p>\n
Shanno keeps her shop open<\/p>\n
but faces stigma.<\/p>\n
On this corner alone, more<\/p>\n
than a dozen shops were<\/p>\n
shuttered during the lockdown.<\/p>\n
Mukesh Diwakar, a blacksmith, has<\/p>\n
been out of work for almost two months.<\/p>\n
His family sometimes goes hungry.<\/p>\n
Ms. Asha lived<\/p>\n
on this street.<\/p>\n
Neeraj Kumar lost<\/p>\n
his father on May 14.<\/p>\n
Birat Devi died<\/p>\n
almost a week after<\/p>\n
getting vaccinated.<\/p>\n
People lined up outside a<\/p>\n
clinic, complaining of fever<\/p>\n
and Covid-like symptoms.<\/p>\n
Someone died here<\/p>\n
recently. Neighbors<\/p>\n
suspect Covid.<\/p>\n
Ajay Pal Singh and his family got Covid<\/p>\n
in April after his wife returned from<\/p>\n
a visit to a Hindu holy site.<\/p>\n
Desperate for an income,<\/p>\n
Shanno keeps her shop open<\/p>\n
but faces stigma.<\/p>\n
On this corner alone, more<\/p>\n
than a dozen shops were<\/p>\n
shuttered during the lockdown.<\/p>\n
Mukesh Diwakar, a blacksmith, has<\/p>\n
been out of work for almost two months.<\/p>\n
His family sometimes goes hungry.<\/p>\n
Neeraj Kumar lost<\/p>\n
his father on May 14.<\/p>\n
Ms. Asha lived<\/p>\n
on this street.<\/p>\n
Birat Devi died<\/p>\n
almost a week after<\/p>\n
getting vaccinated.<\/p>\n
People lined up outside a<\/p>\n
clinic, complaining of fever<\/p>\n
and Covid-like symptoms.<\/p>\n
Someone died here<\/p>\n
recently. Neighbors<\/p>\n
suspect Covid.<\/p>\n
Ajay Pal Singh and his family got Covid<\/p>\n
in April after his wife returned from<\/p>\n
a visit to a Hindu holy site.<\/p>\n
Desperate for an income,<\/p>\n
Shanno keeps her shop open<\/p>\n
but faces stigma.<\/p>\n
On this corner alone, more than<\/p>\n
a dozen shops were shuttered<\/p>\n
during the lockdown.<\/p>\n
Mukesh Diwakar, a blacksmith, has<\/p>\n
been out of work for almost two months.<\/p>\n
His family sometimes goes hungry.<\/p>\n
Neeraj Kumar lost<\/p>\n
his father on May 14.<\/p>\n
Ms. Asha lived<\/p>\n
on this street.<\/p>\n
Birat Devi died<\/p>\n
almost a week<\/p>\n
after getting<\/p>\n
vaccinated.<\/p>\n
People lined up outside<\/p>\n
a clinic with fever and<\/p>\n
Covid-like symptoms.<\/p>\n
Someone died here<\/p>\n
recently. Neighbors<\/p>\n
suspect Covid.<\/p>\n
This family got Covid<\/p>\n
in April after a<\/p>\n
visit to a holy site.<\/p>\n
Mukesh Diwakar has<\/p>\n
been out of work for<\/p>\n
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