Indian Workers Fight for Places on Evacuation Buses as Coronavirus Lockdown Continues

Описание: CORONAVIRUS:

Tens of thousands of migrant workers and their families fight their way onto buses organized by India's most populous state, Delhi, to get them to their hometowns amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Saturday, March 28. India so far has reported 987 COVID-19 cases and 24 deaths.
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READ MORE: India has announced a $22.6 billion economic package to ensure that no one goes hungry during the nationwide coronavirus lockdown that has left tens of millions of poor people struggling without livelihoods.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said the government would provide food rations and cash transfers for three months to take care of “the welfare concerns of poor and suffering workers, and those who need immediate help.”

India’s three-week lockdown to slow the spread of coronavirus that started Wednesday put 1.3 billion people inside their homes and suspended virtually all economic activity.
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