JAIPUR : The textile manufacturing hub of Bhilwara in Rajasthan is preparing for a lockdown-within-a-lockdown, as it races to contain the novel coronavirus, which has already infected 26 people—the highest among the state’s 33 districts.
This city with a population of 4 lakh is getting ready for a ‘maha curfew’ from 3 to 13 April. The authorities have stopped all essential services, barring the delivery of milk and medicines.
As first reported by BBC on 8 March, Brijesh Bangar Memorial Hospital, a well-known private hospital in the city, received a 52-year-old patient suffering from pneumonia.
Five days later, he died in a hospital in Jaipur, after testing positive for covid-19. After the death, it was discovered that his doctor in