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Panic buying as Indians told to go into 21-day lockdown or risk setting the country back 21 years | South China Morning Post

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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced on March 24, 2020, the world's largest lockdown of 1.3 billion people would begin at midnight on the same day in an attempt to fight Covid-19. Panic buying erupted in the capital New Delhi almost immediately after the three-week nationwide curfew was announced to slow th…

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