Coronavirus: Can developing countries like India self-isolate?

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Published Apr 5, 2020

As coronavirus spreads to the developing world, some countries will struggle to enforce self-isolation. In India, a larger percentage of the urban population inhabits slums, where the population density and lack of running water simply does not allow for an extended self-isolation. What's more, a majority of the population are informal workers, meaning that staying out of work will spell economic disaster.

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