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Filming from behind 5 layers

Stifling humidity, and sweating in PPE: filming with the staff of a Mumbai ICU.

India's financial capital Mumbai is its worst affected city with 70,000 confirmed Covid-19 infections and more than 5,000 deaths. 麻豆社 Marathi's Mayuresh Konnur filmed doctors and nurses in the King Edward Memorial hospital ICU to find out how they are coping. It was a challenging story to report.

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Image: Mayuresh Konnur wears full PPE to film in ICU Covid ward
Credit: 麻豆社, Sharad Badhe

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