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A man shows his stamped hand, indicating that the person is under 'home quarantine' in Mumbai, India. EPA
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A student adjusts a free facemask to a policeman during a facemaks donation campaing in Ahmedabad. AFP
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A robot, developed by a start-up firm Asimov Robotics, holds a tray with face masks and sanitiser in Kochi. Reuters
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A security officer wears a protective mask as he stand guard at empty Indian Museum in Kolkata. EPA
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Indians waiting at a train station in Mumbai. AP Photo
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Indian municipal workers prepare a room to be used as isolation ward in Hyderabad. AP Photo
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A view shows the historic Red Fort after the government tightened up measures for coronavirus prevention, in old quarters of Delhi. REUTERS
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A doctor checks the temperature of a Tibetan man, living-in-exile in India, outside the Tibetan Parliament house during the Parliament session at Dharamsala, India. EPA
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An Indian municipal worker cleans an athletic stadium building where rooms are being prepared to be used as isolation wards in Hyderabad. AP Photo
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Devotees take a selfie at the Golden Temple in Amritsar. AFP
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Visitors wearing facemasks as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus have their picture taken outside Taj Mahal following its closure in Agra. AFP
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A general view shows the empty Safdarjung Tomb in New Delhi. AFP
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A man shows his stamped hand, indicating that the person is under 'home quarantine' in Mumbai, India. EPA
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A student adjusts a free facemask to a policeman during a facemaks donation campaing in Ahmedabad. AFP
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A robot, developed by a start-up firm Asimov Robotics, holds a tray with face masks and sanitiser in Kochi. Reuters
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A security officer wears a protective mask as he stand guard at empty Indian Museum in Kolkata. EPA
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Indians waiting at a train station in Mumbai. AP Photo
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Indian municipal workers prepare a room to be used as isolation ward in Hyderabad. AP Photo
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A view shows the historic Red Fort after the government tightened up measures for coronavirus prevention, in old quarters of Delhi. REUTERS
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A doctor checks the temperature of a Tibetan man, living-in-exile in India, outside the Tibetan Parliament house during the Parliament session at Dharamsala, India. EPA
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An Indian municipal worker cleans an athletic stadium building where rooms are being prepared to be used as isolation wards in Hyderabad. AP Photo
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Devotees take a selfie at the Golden Temple in Amritsar. AFP
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Visitors wearing facemasks as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus have their picture taken outside Taj Mahal following its closure in Agra. AFP
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A general view shows the empty Safdarjung Tomb in New Delhi. AFP
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A man shows his stamped hand, indicating that the person is under 'home quarantine' in Mumbai, India. EPA
Coronavirus: ‘inevitable’ India will become outbreak hotspot, health experts say
The South Asian country has confirmed 147 cases of Covid-19 including three deaths since January
Taniya Dutta
18 March, 2020
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