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    Photos: India steps up battle against deadly coronavirus outbreak

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    Photos: India steps up battle against deadly coronavirus outbreak

    State governments across India adopt measures to limit the spread of coronavirus


    Published:  March 18, 2020 18:32 Compiled by Balaram Menon, Senior Digital Content Producer

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    The coronavirus pandemic, which has killed over 8,000 people and infected more than 200,000 worldwide, is invoking measures by various governments to contain its spread. India, which has had over 150 confirmed cases and 3 deaths so far due to the disease, is also doing the same. | Above: A man wearing a protective mask walks past a bus stop displaying preventive measures against the coronavirus in Mumbai. Image Credit: REUTERS
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    India's Ministry of Health on Wednesday said that the number of positive cases of coronavirus in the country has climbed to 151, including 25 foreign nationals. | Above: Municipal worker sprays disinfectant on a boat at Dal lake as a preventive measure, in Srinagar. Image Credit: ANI
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    As per the latest data by the Ministry of Health, Delhi has 9, Karnataka has 11, Kerala has 25, West Bengal has 1, Maharashtra has 39 and Uttar Pradesh has 15 positive cases of coronavirus. | Above: A health worker checks the body temperature of a devotee wearing a facemask, at the entrance of the Golden Temple in Amritsar. Image Credit: AFP
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    Meanwhile, the total number of Indians infected by coronavirus abroad is 276 - 255 in Iran, 12 in UAE, five in Italy, and one each in Hong Kong, Kuwait, Rwanda and Sri Lanka. | Above: A worker sprays disinfectant on a State Express Transport Corporation of Tamilnadu (SETC) bus at a bus depot in Chennai. Image Credit: ANI
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    Also, India's Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan directed teams to visit quarantine facilities to assess and monitor amenities as the ministry maintained that over 5,700 people, who had come in contact with these positive cases, are under rigorous surveillance. | Above: Thermal screening of passengers being conducted as a precautionary measure at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus in Mumbai. Image Credit: PTI
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    According to the ministry's data, 14 people have been discharged so far, including the three patients from Kerala who were discharged last month. | Above: Volunteers educate villagers on 'how to wash hands', at Uttarpara village in Baksha district. Image Credit: PTI
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    A municipal corporation worker sanitises a street as a precautionary measure in Jammu Image Credit: PTI
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    Bride and groom wear protective masks as a precautionary measure during the marriage ceremony in Jabalpur Image Credit: ANI
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    Municipal Corporation workers spray disinfectant as a precautionary measure in Ajmer Image Credit: PTI
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    Security personnel pump sanitiser on hands of visitors at the entrance of a shopping mall, in Kolkata Image Credit: PTI
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    A worker disinfects a room of a residential house as a preventive measure, in Ahmedabad Image Credit: REUTERS
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    A worker disinfects the train track as a precaution against COVID-19 at railway station in Jammu Image Credit: AP
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    A Policeman checks the temperature of a man who arrives at police headquarter as a precautionary measure, in New Delhi Image Credit: ANI
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    A worker sprays disinfectant to mitigate the coronavirus pandemic, at Mahabalipuram in Chengalpattu district Image Credit: PTI
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    A municipal worker sprays disinfectant on a bus as a precautionary measure, in New Delhi Image Credit: ANI
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    Thermal screening of a passenger being done at Agra Cantt railway station, in Agra Image Credit: ANI
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    Railway workers clean the Rajdhani express at Rajendranagar Yard in Patna Image Credit: ANI
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    A worker sprays disinfectant in the premises of Mahabodhi Temple as a precaution, in Bodh Gaya Image Credit: PTI
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    A tribal woman worker wearing a mask as preventive measure weaves a 'Gamocha', in Baksa district Image Credit: PTI
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    A municipal worker sprays disinfectant on a vehicle amid coronavirus outbreak, in New Delhi Image Credit: ANI
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    A volunteer distributes face masks to people outside G.B Pant Children Hospital in Srinagar Image Credit: AP
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    Vistors undergoes thermal screening amid the coronavirus outbreak, at Calcutta high court in Kolkata Image Credit: ANI
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    Municipal Corporation worker sprays disinfectant at a bus stand, as a precautionary measure in Jammu Image Credit: PTI
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    NGO volunteers distribute masks to commuters as a preventive measure, in Surat Image Credit: ANI
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    A medic uses a thermal screening device on residents staying near the Indo-Bhutan border, in Baksa district of Assam Image Credit: PTI
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    Vidhana Soudha (Legislative Assembly) being sanitised with the spraying of disinfectants, as a precautionary measure in Bengaluru Image Credit: ANI
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    A railway worker sanitises a bench at Anand Vihar Railway Stations, New Delhi Image Credit: PTI
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    Worker smoke disinfect a train as a precaution at railway station in Jammu Image Credit: AP
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    A passenger wears a mask and cleans her hands with sanitiser while sitting in a bus, at KSRTC bus stand in Kozhikode, Kerala Image Credit: PTI
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    A woman undergoes thermal screening outside BMC head office, in Mumbai Image Credit: ANI
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    A rickshaw puller wearing a mask as a precautionary measure amid the outbreak of coronavirus, in Kolkata Image Credit: ANI
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    Policemen undergoes thermal scanning amid concerns over the spread of coronavirus, at Lokbhawan in Lucknow Image Credit: ANI
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    A worker sprays disinfectant on a State Express Transport Corporation of Tamilnadu (SETC) bus at a bus depot in Chennai Image Credit: ANI
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    Thermal screening of advocate being conducted at the entrance of Allahabad High Court, in Prayagraj Image Credit: ANI
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    Municipal corporation worker sprays sanitiser at a government office in awake of deadly coronavirus, in Patna Image Credit: ANI
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    Workers disinfect the interiors of a passenger bus as a preventive measure in Ahmedabad Image Credit: REUTERS
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    A Municipal worker sprays disinfectant on closed shops as a precautionary measure, in Chennai Image Credit: ANI

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