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We have a chance to mount a response to covid-19 that would qualify as good rather than shoddy It was dawn. She was swinging her hands shoulder-high, getting an empty jhola (cloth bag) in each hand to flutter like a flag in the wind.
Her long strides were like spot jumps. Not a soul or vehicle was in sight for miles visible on that stretch of the highway. It was the 12th day of the lockdown.
Even as we neared each other, she did not interrupt her routine. She was no older than 10, perhaps 11. I called out thrice before she stopped and looked at me.
I tried Hindi, “Kahaan jaa rahi ho?" (Where are you going?). “Khaana, subzi lene" (to get food and vegetables), she responded, as an equal. “Akeli kyon jaa rahi ho?" (Why are you going alone?),
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COVID-19
United States
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Cases: 46 252 513
Deaths: 750 423
Recovered: 0
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India
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Cases: 34 321 025
Deaths: 459 652
Recovered: 0
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Brazil
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Cases: 21 835 785
Deaths: 608 235
Recovered: 0
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United Kingdom
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Cases: 9 215 683
Deaths: 141 607
Recovered: 0
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Russia
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Cases: 8 494 589
Deaths: 237 619
Recovered: 0
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