India Imposes Nationwide Lockdown To Contain Spread Of The Coronavirus Pandemic

NEW DELHI, INDIA - APRIL 22: Farzana Bibi, a maid female domestic servant, a resident in a slum, says she, used to earn Rupees 300 a day ($2.6), she says she has been told not to continue to stop the spread of the virus, as India remains under an unprecedented extended lockdown over the highly contagious coronavirus (COVID-19) on April 22, 2020 in New Delhi, India. Estimated to form 22 percent of Indias population, slum dwellers who live in cramped, shabby conditions, and eke out a living by doing menial jobs, are among the worst hit by the nationwide lockdown imposed by the Indian government on March 25 to curb the spread of coronavirus which has infected over 20,000 people and caused over 650 deaths in the country. The Dharavi slum in Indias Maharashtra state has already reported 11 deaths and nearly 170 positive cases since the first Covid-19 positive case on April 2 there and health experts have warned that outbreaks of the disease in other slums across India could have a devastating impact due to overcrowding, poor sanitation and low immunity. (Photo by Yawar Nazir/Getty Images)