Opposition chief calls for national lockdown as India’s coronavirus cases cross 20 million

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India reports 357,229 new cases over the last 24 hours on Tuesday, while deaths rose 3,449 for a toll of 222,408

This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy.Indian opposition leader Rahul Gandhi called for a nationwide lockdown as the country’s tally of coronavirus infections surged past 20 million on Tuesday, becoming the second nation after the United States to pass the grim milestone.

“The only way to stop the spread of Corona now is a full lockdown... GOI’s inaction is killing many innocent people,” Congress MP Gandhi said on Twitter, referring to the Government of India. Modi has been criticized for not moving sooner to limit the latest wave of infections and for letting millions of largely unmasked people attend religious festivals and crowded political rallies during March and April.“What the recent weeks reveal is that both Centre and states have been woefully unprepared for the second wave,” an editorial in the Times of India said on Tuesday.

Modelling by a team of government advisers shows cases could peak by Wednesday this week, a few days earlier than a previous estimate, since the virus has spread faster than expected.

 

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