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India surpasses 2 million cases as health volunteers strike

by Associated Press
| August 8, 2020 12:03 AM

NEW DELHI (AP) — As India hit another grim milestone in the coronavirus pandemic on Friday, crossing 2 million confirmed cases and more than 41,000 deaths, community health volunteers went on strike complaining they were ill-equipped to respond to the wave of infection in rural areas.

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