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COVID-19 tales: ‘Cremated first body with just mask on and sanitiser,’ says furnace operator Nitin Nagothkar
Updated On: 21 March, 2021 09:17 AM IST | Mumbai | Gitanjali Chandrasekharan
Shivaji Park Crematorium staff member Nitin Nagothkar makes it to our list of 20 faces who defied fear and disease to follow their heart or duty and emerge 'the first'
Nitin Nagothkar tested positive for COVID-19 last year and quarantined at home. Pic/Shadab Khan
Furnace Operator At City’s First Covid-19 Crematorium
Nitin Hiraman Nagothkar, 49, Mumbai
Staff, Shivaji Park Crematorium
THE first mortal remains of a person who had succumbed to COVID-19 came on March 17, 2020. Until then, we had only heard of the pandemic from news stories around the world. We were not really worried about it in Mumbai.
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