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Scavengers in India risk health to sift coronavirus debris

Mansoor Khan, 44, a waste collector, walks as he carries a sack of recyclable material after finishing work for the day at a landfill site, during the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak, in New Delhi, India, July 9, 2020. [Reuters]

Mansoor Khan and his wife Latifa Bibi have been collecting scraps of plastic and other items at an enormous landfill site on the outskirts of New Delhi for nearly 20 years.

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