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Blame it on the virus, it’s the largest lockdown in history
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coronavirus, coronavirus pandemic, social distancing, india lockdown, fight against coronavirus, COVID-19, Narendra Modi, quarantine, isolation, coronavirus in India, coronavirus transmission, health For the past four days, Indians used to the blare of horns, the drone of engines and the clamour of busy streets are waking up to silence, or more unusually, birdsong.
On Tuesday night, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a 21-day ‘total lockdown’, prompting tweets and comments about this being the largest quarantine in human history.
Most of India’s 1.3 billion people are staying home, joining millions from China, Italy, France and the UK as governments try to slow the spread of the coronavirus outbreak.
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