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WEDNESDAY, JULY 23, 2025
India's Maharashtra state imposes 15-day lockdown to slow Covid-19 spread

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Reuters
13 April, 2021, 09:55 pm
Last modified: 13 April, 2021, 09:56 pm

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India's Maharashtra state imposes 15-day lockdown to slow Covid-19 spread

Maharashtra, home to India's financial capital Mumbai and the country's most industrial state, has been the country's worst hit state, accounting for about a quarter of its 13.5 million cases

Reuters
13 April, 2021, 09:55 pm
Last modified: 13 April, 2021, 09:56 pm
FILE PHOTO: People wait to board passenger buses during rush hour at a bus terminal, amidst the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak, in Mumbai, India, September 9, 2020. REUTERS/Niharika Kulkarni/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: People wait to board passenger buses during rush hour at a bus terminal, amidst the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak, in Mumbai, India, September 9, 2020. REUTERS/Niharika Kulkarni/File Photo

India's richest state, Maharashtra, will be under lockdown from Wednesday night for 15 days to slow rising coronavirus infections, its chief minister Uddhav Thackeray said on Tuesday.

Maharashtra, home to India's financial capital Mumbai and the country's most industrial state, has been the country's worst hit state, accounting for about a quarter of its 13.5 million cases.

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