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India has further tightened lockdown measures and enhanced surveillance at hundreds of areas designated as virus hotspots, as PM Narendra Modi described the epidemic as a “social emergency.â€
Authorities have sealed settlements, lanes and apartment complexes in the financial capital of Mumbai, as well as in Delhi and the neighboring state of Uttar Pradesh, allowing in only medical services, surveillance workers and those delivering food and other essential items.
The South Asian nation is in the third week of the world’s largest nationwide lockdown which began on March 25.
Infections have been surging, with about 773 people testing positive in a single day on
April 08.
India has 5,734 confirmed cases, including 166 deaths, according to the health ministry, although infectious diseases experts fear the rate is much higher.