(ANSA) - ROME, AUGUST 09 - At least seven patients have died today in the fire of a temporary hospital for the treatment of Covid diseases in south-east India, as reported by local authorities to the BBC. The flames developed in the Swarna Palace in Vijayawada. Sources said all the surviving patients were transferred to another hospital. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he was "distressed" by the episode, the second of its kind in a few days in a Covid treatment center. (HANDLE).
India: fire in Covid treatment center, 7 dead
2020-08-09T08:07:21.665Z
At least seven patients died today in the fire of a temporary hospital for the care of the sick from Covid in south-east India, local authorities reported to the BBC. The flames developed in the Swarna palace in Vijayawada. (HANDLE)
