Indian women armed with sticks barricade village to stop spread of COVID-19
Indian women armed with sticks barricade village to stop spread of COVID-19
A group of women from a village in central India have barricaded their village and armed themselves with sticks to prevent outsiders from spreading COVID-19 to their community.
A group of women from a village in central India have barricaded their village and armed themselves with sticks to prevent outsiders from spreading COVID-19 to their community.
Footage captured in Chickhlar village in the state of Madhya Pradesh on April 26 showed the group surrounding various non-locals and turning them away.
India is in the grip of a very serious second wave of COVID-19 which has seen hospitals overwhelmed and severe shortages of oxygen.
The spike in infections has pushed the death toll beyond 200,000.
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