Three more people infected with coronavirus died overnight in India as the gover...
NEW DELHI - Three more people infected with coronavirus died overnight in India as the government sought on Thursday to improve basic services to 1.3 billion people locked indoors to slow the spread of the disease.
Lines of people, wearing masks and some with gloves, could be seen outside small neighborhood shops in Delhi and Mumbai, among other cities. “We are still facing supply issues with a few things, but slowly things are getting better,” he said.The numbers are still small compared with those in China, Italy and Spain, but health experts have warned that the world’s second most populous country faces a tidal wave of infections if tough steps are not taken.
“If India does the same thing, breaks down the problem, puts in place the measures that are needed, then there is a way out.” On Wednesday, Pakistan said it was seeking a fresh $1.4 billion loan from the International Monetary Fund to help it deal with the economic slowdown from the coronavirus.Pakistan is already on a three-year rescue package that began last year as the country of 208 million people wrestles with a balance-of-payments crisis.
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