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Covid-19 Live Updates: India Is in Crisis as Virus Races Out of Control
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Police officers questioned drivers at a checkpoint after the start of a curfew in New Delhi on Friday.Credit.Rebecca Conway for The New York Times
When the coronavirus first struck India last year, the country enforced one of the world’s strictest national lockdowns. The warning was clear: A fast spread in a population of 1.3 billion would be devastating.
Police officers questioned drivers at a checkpoint after the start of a curfew in New Delhi on Friday.Credit.Rebecca Conway for The New York Times
When the coronavirus first struck India last year, the country enforced one of the world’s strictest national lockdowns. The warning was clear: A fast spread in a population of 1.3 billion would be devastating.
Though damaging and ultimately flawed, the lockdown and other efforts appeared to work. Infections dropped and deaths remained low. Officials and the public dropped their guard. Experts warned fruitlessly that the government’s haphazard approach would bring a crisis when a new wave appeared.
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