Volunteers carry the body of a person who died due to Covid-19, at a crematorium ground in Giddenahalli village on the outskirts of Bengaluru, India, May 13. Reuters
Prime Minister Narendra Modi sounded the alarm over the rapid spread of the coronavirus through India s vast countryside on Friday as the official tally of infections crossed 24 million, and 4,000 people died for the third straight day.
The highly transmissible B.1.617 variant of the coronavirus first detected in India is also spreading across the globe, and Modi said his government was on a war footing in its fight against the contagion. The outbreak is reaching rural areas with great speed, Modi said, addressing a group of farmers in a virtual conference. I want to once again warn all farmers and all those who live in villages about corona.
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India on war footing as COVID-19 infections pass 24 million
Volunteers carry the body of a person who died due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at a crematorium ground in Giddenahalli village on the outskirts of Bengaluru, India, May 13, 2021. REUTERS/Samuel Rajkumar
14 May 2021 01:38PM (Updated:
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BENGALURU: Prime Minister Narendra Modi sounded the alarm over the rapid spread of COVID-19 through India s vast countryside on Friday (May 14), as 4,000 people died from the virus for the third straight day and total infections crossed 24 million.
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