State of the Pandemic, Food Insecurity, India
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Period. 30 March – 5 April 2020

In addition to wide-spread reports of food shortages in India, the nationwide 21-day lockdown has led to a mass exodus of hundreds of thousands of people from major urban areas, increasing the risk of local transmission in rural parts of the country.

There is concern that the true outbreak size in India may be significantly higher than the 2,567 confirmed cases, which has doubled in just two days.

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