India appears to so far have avoided the full hit of the coronavirus pandemic. It has only 492 confirmed cases of coronavirus and nine deaths. But fears are growing that the country remains susceptible to a wider, potentially more damaging outbreak.
It's all part of India's bid to stop the coronavirus pandemic in its tracks.India is the world's second most populous country and the fifth biggest economy, with trade connections all over the world.Despite that, the country of 1.34 billion has appeared to so far avoid the full hit of the pandemic. It has only 492 confirmed cases of coronavirus and nine deaths. By contrast, South Korea -- which has a population only 3.8% the size of India's -- has more than 9,000 cases.
4% of the country's urban population live in low quality, semi-permanent structures, known as slums. Many of the homes here don't have bathrooms or running water. Some slum residents get their water from a communal tap, while others collect theirs in canisters and buckets from tankers that visit a few times a week.In this Tuesday, March 17, 2020 photo, a woman fills a plastic bottle next to a drain filled with plastic and other filth at a slum in New Delhi, India.
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