NEW DELHI, April 9 — Hundreds of millions of people in India, including in its two largest cities, were ordered yesterday to wear face masks or coverings amid a nationwide lockdown to combat the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. Residents in the capital New Delhi and financial hub Mumbai, which...
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Residents in the capital New Delhi and financial hub Mumbai, which have a combined population of almost 40 million, as well as in the most-populous state Uttar Pradash where 200 million live, will have to cover their faces in public spaces. With masks running short around the world, however, one official told AFP that “face cover will be a more appropriate word.”
Experts said authorities need to test more to determine how widely the highly infectious disease has spread in the world's second-most populous country. Yesterday numerous neighbourhoods and hotspots in Uttar Pradash and Delhi were set to be sealed off, with locals barred from leaving their homes and authorities promising to deliver food and other essential items to their doorsteps.
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