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Coronavirus: Villagers turn away relatives as COVID-19 scare grips rural India
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Medical supplies face critical shortages, testing is insufficient and authorities banking on the success of the heavy-handed police-enforced lockdown to avoid a surge in cases NEW DELHI/MUMBAI : In the villages of India’s most populous state of Uttar Pradesh, even some family members returning home from the cities aren’t allowed in.
State officials have told village councils to keep returning laborers from entering the town or meeting people due to fears they may be infected with the coronavirus.
Instead, they’re forced to stay in schools or farms outside the village, where local authorities and doctors make regular visits and police make sure lockdown orders are followed. “People are very afraid here.
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