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Representative image of a sanitation worker disinfecting streets in New Delhi. Photo: Reuters
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Bhaag corona bhaag: Locals in MP village run with torches to drive away virus
Bhaag corona bhaag: Locals in MP village run with torches to drive away virus
Some locals in a Madhya Pradesh village resorted to chanting Bhaag Corona Bhaag while running with burning torches in their hands on Sunday night in a bid to fight the novel coronavirus.
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UPDATED: April 22, 2021 11:34 IST
Locals in Madhya Pradesh village run with torches to drive away coronavirus. (Image: Screengrab from viral video)
After the Go Corona Go chants of Ramdas Athawale, some villagers in Madhya Pradesh s Agar Malwa district resorted to chanting Bhaag Corona Bhaag on Sunday night in a bid to fight the novel coronavirus.