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Covid 19 coronavirus: The virus trains - how lockdown chaos spread Covid-19 across India

By Jeffrey Gettleman, Suhasini Raj, Sameer Yasir and Karan Deep Singh
New York Times·
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Covid 19 coronavirus: The virus trains - how lockdown chaos spread Covid-19 across India
Migrant workers in Mumbai waiting to board a train home to rural Bihar in May. Tens of millions poured out of India's cities. Photo / Atul Loke, The New York Times

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's coronavirus restrictions sent migrant workers fleeing. To get them home, the government offered special trains. But the trains would spread the virus across the country.

The crowds surged through the gates, fought their way up the stairs of the 160-year-old station, poured across the platforms and

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