India lockdown amid coronavirus COVID-19 scare: Day 19 in pics

On the 19th day of the lockdown, as India continues its battle against the deadly coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic, the total number of cases in India rose to 8,356 which includes 7367 active cases, 716 cured cases, 1 migrant patient and 273 dead. 909 cases and 34 deaths recorded in the last 24 hours as per Ministry of Health and family welfare latest data. We take a look at some of the pictures of the lockdown from across the country.

Apr 12, 2020, 20:10 PM IST
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Women gathered at Kala Market in Ghaziabad's Indirapuram

Women gathered at Kala Market in Ghaziabad's Indirapuram

Picture from the Kala Market in Indirapuram (Ghaziabad) where women are seeing standing and waiting for their turn to get ration. There were reportedly over 100 women who had gathered to get their stock of ration which was being distributed by social workers.

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Drone shots taken in Andhra Pradesh (2)

Drone shots taken in Andhra Pradesh (2)

The local police in the Tenali town, Guntur district, Andhra Pradesh used drone cameras today extensively to monitor total lockdown during the day in Tenali.

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Drone shots taken in Andhra Pradesh (1)

Drone shots taken in Andhra Pradesh (1)

The drone shot of the Tenali town shows the city being deserted.

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Drone surveillance in Kolkata

Drone surveillance in Kolkata

The Kolkata Police have started using drone to keep eyes on the people breaking the lockdown rules imposed in the city.

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Deserted road in Lucknow

Deserted road in Lucknow

People in the capital city of Uttar Pradesh have been following the lockdown orders very responsibly. Picture of a deserted road in Gomti Nagar in Lucknow. The police personnel have also been decently successful in restricting people inside their homes amid the 21-day long complete lockdown across India.

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Delhi police delivering door-to-door essential items

Delhi police delivering door-to-door essential items

The Delhi Police is doing their best to help people stay inside their homes in order to stop COVID-19 from spreading in the city. The Delhi police personnel have also been delivering essentials food items to the homes of the people. Various police constables were seen buying grocery items and vegetables and delivering them to the homes. 

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Sanitisation drive in West Bengal

Sanitisation drive in West Bengal

Bengal state secretariat Nabanna being sanitised. The work on disinfection and sanitisation will continue until tomorrow. The secretariat houses CMO and all the other important ministries.

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Medical team with Police personnel in Ahmedabad

Medical team with Police personnel in Ahmedabad

Checkpoints were set up on eight routes in Gujarat's Ahmedabad, including Sanand, Bavla, Dholka, Kathwada, Aslali where the medical teams have been also been deployed at all the check-posts, to screen the villagers passing from the city.   

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Police check post in Lucknow (3)

Police check post in Lucknow (3)

Various police check posts have been put up in the capital city of Uttar Pradesh. The police officials are making sure that the people are following the complete lockdown in order to prevent themselves from the COVID-19 outbreak.

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Police check post in Lucknow (2)

Police check post in Lucknow (2)

Police inspector and constables talking to a person crossing the Lucknow Polytechnic chauraha. The rising COVID-19 cases in Uttar Pradesh has made the police authorities take stricter actions against the people not following the lockdown.

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Police check post in Lucknow (1)

Police check post in Lucknow (1)

Police personnel guarding the Lucknow polytechnic chauraha in Lucknow.  

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Sanitising through fan

Sanitising through fan

Delhi Police has come up with a new way to sanitise people passing through the COVID-19 hotspot zones. The police personnel and other officials who go inside the hotspots zone have to stand in front of the fan to sanitise themselves before going inside.

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Containment zone notice

Containment zone notice

A Containment zone notice has been put up on a police post in south Moti bagh.

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South Motibagh in Delhi

South Motibagh in Delhi

A man disinfecting police check posts at the south Motibagh in Delhi, which has been reported as a hotspot of coronavirus infection in the national capital.

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South Motibagh in Delhi

South Motibagh in Delhi

Picture from south Motibagh in Delhi, which has been declared a hotspot of coronavirus infection.

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Police check posts in Ahmedabad

Police check posts in Ahmedabad

Keeping in mind the growing infection of coronavirus in Gujarat's Ahmedabad, checkposts were set up on eight routes including Sanand, Bavla, Dholka, Kathwada, Aslali. Medical teams have been deployed at all the check-posts, to screen the villagers. 

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Police check posts in Ahmedabad

Police check posts in Ahmedabad

Efforts are being taken so as to stop the coronavirus infection from spreading in Ahmedabad. There are various police check posts to restrict people from breaking the lockdown orders.

 

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