NEW DELHI: A tentative easing around the world of coronavirus lockdowns gathered pace Saturday (April 25) with the reopening in India of neighbourhood stores that many of the country's 1.3 billion people rely on for everything from cold drinks to mobile phone data cards.
It did not apply to hundreds of quarantined towns and other hotspots that have been hit hardest by the outbreak that has killed at least 775 people in India and terrified its multitudes of poor who live hand-to-mouth in slum conditions too crowded for social distancing.
"This is a good decision," said Amit Sharma, an architect."We have to open a few things and let the economy start moving. The poor people should have some source of income. This virus is going to be a long-term problem.” Elsewhere in Asia, authorities on Saturday reported no new deaths for the 10th straight day in China.
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