From Janta Curfew To Unlock 2.0: How India Fought COVID-19 And Crossed 1 Million Cases
India crossed the figure of 10 lakh COVID-19 cases. This grim milestone was achieved on July 17, 2020. India became the third country in the world to record more than a million cases only Brazil and the US have more cases than India.
India crossed the figure of 10 lakh COVID-19 cases. This grim milestone was achieved on July 17, 2020. India became the third country in the world to record more than a million cases only Brazil and the US have more cases than India. From high up in the Himalayan valley of Kashmir to the seemingly endless sprawl of beaches in Kanyakumari, despair has stretched across the large swathes of India, overwhelming hospitals and burial grounds. These series of pictures show the journey of India's fight against COVID-19, from Janta Curfew to Unlock 2.0:
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Janta Curfew
After a call for 'Janta Curfew' or self-imposed curfew, by the Prime Minister on March 22, 2020, millions of people across the country stayed indoors, and streets wore a deserted look.?
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Clapping For Frontline Warriors
People clapped from balconies in a show of appreciation to health care workers at a chawl in Mumbai.
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21-Day Nationwide Lockdown
On 24 March 2020, the government of India under Prime Minister Narendra Modi ordered a nationwide lockdown for 21 days, limiting movement of the entire 1.3 billion population of India as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 pandemic in India.
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Festival In The Time Of Pandemic
A family, wearing face masks as a precaution from coronavirus, pray inside their house marking the start of the Navratri festival, where Hindu fast for nine days, in New Delhi.
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Fear Of Coronavirus
Mina Ramesh Jakhawadiya, center, tells her son Ritik Ramesh, left, not to go out and play. Jakhawadi... Read More
Mina Ramesh Jakhawadiya, center, tells her son Ritik Ramesh, left, not to go out and play. Jakhawadiya makes a living selling cheap plastic goods with her husband on the streets of Mumbai. For her, the order means 21 days in a 6-by-9 foot room with five people, no work, a couple of days of food, and very little cash.
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Wearing Face Masks Mandatory
A Kashmiri woman wearing a protective mask watches through a window of her house as a policeman makes markings for people to maintain social distance at a market in Srinagar, Kashmir.
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9 PM, 9 Minutes
Balconies are illuminated with candles and torches to mark the country's fight against COVID-19 in G... Read More
Balconies are illuminated with candles and torches to mark the country's fight against COVID-19 in Greater Noida, a suburb of New Delhi, India, April 5, 2020. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi had in a Friday broadcast urged the country's 1.3 billion people to switch off lights of their home at 9 pm for nine minutes on Sunday night and light candles, lamps and even use mobile torches standing in their balconies.
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Asia's Largest Slum At High Risk
A doctor checks the temperature of a girl in Dharavi, one of Asia's largest slums, during lockdown to prevent the spread of the coronavirus in Mumbai.
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Migrant Crisis During Lockdown
A homeless man sits on a bus as he is being evicted with other homeless people and migrant laborers from the banks of Yamuna River where they have been squatting during the coronavirus lockdown in New Delhi.
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Home Quarantine
A civic employee puts a stamp on the hand, top right, of a photojournalist for a two-week quarantine at home after his COVID-19 test report came back negative, at a hotel in Mumbai.
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