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India cannot fight coronavirus without taking into account its class and caste divisions -Anup Agarwal & Yogesh Jain

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The country must rethink its strategy of epidemic management to be more inclusive of the marginalised sections of the society.

How do you discuss self quarantine with a person sharing a tiny shanty with 10 people in a slum? How do you advise social distancing to a manual scavenger? How do you tell an Adivasi, who struggles for one meal a day, to prioritise hand sanitisers? How do you educate tuberculosis survivors about cough etiquette?

The epicentre for the global pandemic, Covid-19, recently shifted from China to Europe. China’s authoritarian regime controlled it by enforcing a lockdown, and Europe and the United States are putting all their resources to use.

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