How Coronavirus is impacting life across India, from Srinagar to Kochi

Thermal screening, public transport sanitization, isolation wards, malls shutting down- a look at how Covid-19 precaution is playing out across the country

By Amit Verma

Mar 18, 2020, 13:30 IST1 min

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KOCHI, March 15: A passenger wearing a mask walks along a railway platform after the platform was sanitized in Kochi

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MUMBAI, March 16: At the Bombay Stock Exchange, a man goes through thermal screening amid the coronavirus scare

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CHENNAI, March 16: A health worker checks the body temperature of a passenger amid concerns over the spread of the COVID-19 novel coronavirus, at M.G.R.Central railway station. (Photo by Arun SANKAR / AFP)

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PATNA, March 14: A suspected coronavirus patient in the isolation ward at Patna Medical College and Hospital

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BENGALURU, March 16: A closed shopping mall is pictured amid concerns over the spread of the COVID-19 novel coronavirus

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PUNE, March 13: A team of medical staff stands outside an ambulance at Pune International airport, to take suspected passengers of Dubai-bound Spicejet SG52 flight who could have been exposed to the coronavirus

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BIKANER, March 12: Members of medical staff wearing facemasks amid concerns of the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus checking the temperature of foreign tourists at Junagarh Fort

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MUMBAI, March 16: A worker fixes a billboard that displays a public service message on how to prevent the spread of respiratory diseases like COVID - 19 in Juhu

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HYDERABAD, March 13: A staff member checks the temperature of visitors and exhibitors at the entrance of the Wings India 2020 International Exhibition and Conference on the civil aviation sector at Begumpet airport. (Photo by NOAH SEELAM / AFP)

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AHMEDABAD, February 4: A medical staff member arranges a bed inside an isolation ward, opened as a preventative measure following the then-new SARS-like virus outbreak of the coronavirus, at the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Institute of Medical Sciences in Ahmedabad

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