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Modi Fights Pressure to Lock Down India as Virus Deaths Rise Bloomberg 3 hrs ago
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Two weeks ago, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi called on states to only consider lockdowns “as the last option.” Now everyone from his political allies to top business leaders and U.S. President Joe Biden’s chief medical adviser see them as the only way to stem the world’s worst virus outbreak.
The debate has been complicated by Modi’s move last year to impose a nationwide lockdown without warning, spurring a humanitarian crisis as migrant workers fled on foot to rural areas. While Modi is keen to avoid that criticism again, particularly after his Bharatiya Janata Party failed to win an election in West Bengal when votes were counted Sunday, even states run by his party are ignoring his advice.
Covid-19 live updates: India cracks 20 million coronavirus cases as infections spread Paul Schemm © Anindito Mukherjee/Bloomberg Frontline workers are sprayed with disinfectant at a Covid-19 Care Center set up at the Sarojini Naidu Medical College in Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India, on May 3, 2021. India has become the second country in the world after the United States to pass the 20 million coronavirus cases mark as the government announced Tuesday 357,000 new infections and another 3,449 deaths over the past 24 hours. While the total cases and deaths in the United States still far outstrips India, the daily tolls in America have plummeted under pressure from an aggressive vaccination campaign to a fraction of what they were at their height in January.