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Coronavirus India dispatch: Trajectory of cases is a cause for concern

How India's invisible workforce is left to fend for itself, more than 2,000 healthcare workers have contracted Covid-19 -roundup of news on how India is dealing with the pandemic

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A child being screened as migrants from Chhattisgarh gather for registration and medical certificates to return to their native places, during the ongoing Covid-19 lockdown, in Jammu

Sarah Farooqui New Delhi

5 min read Last Updated : Jun 21 2020 | 3:38 PM IST

How India’s invisible workforce is left to fend for itself, more than 2,000 healthcare workers have contracted Covid-19, and the role of asymptomatics in spreading Covid-19 — a roundup of articles in Indian news publications on how India is dealing with the Covid-19 pandemic.

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Role of asymptomatics in spreading Covid-19: Asymptomatics are those people who never show symptoms of the disease but test positive for coronavirus. WHO and infectious disease specialists assert that asymptomatic patients exist but it is not known how many there are and in what proportion.The current understanding of the disease is that people are most

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