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India · 2:56 PM UTCIndia 'on war footing' as coronavirus infections pass 24 mln

Prime Minister Narendra Modi sounded the alarm over the rapid spread of COVID-19 through India's vast countryside on Friday, as 4,000 people died from the virus for the third straight day and total infections crossed 24 million.

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