In Pictures: India goes all out to battle COVID-19

The world's largest democracy went under the world's biggest lockdown on Wednesday

Published: March 26, 2020 14:23 Compiled by Nilanjana Javed

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Indian laborers carry wooden frames to make beds to prepare a quarantine center at the Sarusojai sports complex in Gauhati, India. Image Credit: AP

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A technician prepares a drone to spray disinfectant at the compound of a municipal office during a government-imposed lockdown as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus in Chennai. Image Credit: AFP

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People look at a drone spraying disinfectant at the compound of a municipal office during a government-imposed lockdown as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus in Chennai. Image Credit: AFP

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Passengers stand in a queue maintaining physical distance as they wait for transport being arranged by the government during lockdown in Jammu. Image Credit: AP

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People maintain safe distance as they queue to buy vegetables at a stadium turned into a makeshift market during a 21-day nationwide lockdown to limit the spreading of Coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Vijayawada in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh. Image Credit: REUTERS

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People queue standing in circles drawn to maintain safe distance as they wait to buy grocery items during a 21-day nationwide lockdown to limit the spreading of Coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Kolkata. Image Credit: REUTERS

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People look on as they stand in circles drawn to maintain safe distance while waiting to buy medicine during a 21-day nationwide lockdown to limit the spreading of Coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Kolkata. Image Credit: REUTERS

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Indian municipal workers spray disinfectants as a preventive measure against the spread of the new coronavirus on a street in Gauhati. Image Credit: AP

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A private security guard uses an infrared thermometer to measure the temperature of people standing in circles drawn with chalk to maintain safe distance as they wait to enter a supermarket during the coronavirus disease outbreak in New Delhi. Image Credit: REUTERS

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Police officers in protective suits arrive in a residential area to check on people under home quarantine, during a 21-day nationwide lockdown to limit the spreading of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Ahmedabad. Image Credit: REUTERS

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Daily wage workers and homeless people eat food inside a government-run night shelter in the old quarters of Delhi. Image Credit: REUTERS

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Laboratory technicians sit next to boxes containing coronavirus disease testing kits at a sample collection centre in Ahmedabad. Image Credit: REUTERS

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Children carry their sick dog on a makeshift stretcher and walk home after visiting the vet, during lockdown in Kohima, northeastern Nagaland state. Image Credit: AP

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