Pune

In Pune, my father was recovering from a Covid-related heart attack he'd suffered a month earlier.

Sheeran is in India for the second year in a row on a 15-day tour, having already played in Pune Hyderabad and Chennai and with more concerts scheduled for Shillong in India's north-east and the capital Delhi.

Last month, a school teacher in the western Indian city of Pune found her six-year-old son upset about homework.

The boy is among around 160 reported cases of GBS since early January in Pune, an education and IT hub, ringed by industrial towns and villages.

The outbreak in Pune is being traced to a pathogen called campylobacter jejuni, a leading cause of foodborne infections, and the biggest driver of GBS worldwide.