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Containing Covid-19: One Small Indian State's Success | The Florida Star | The Georgia Star

GUWAHATI, India-A small state in India's troubled northeast has managed to contain the Covid-19 pandemic much better than some of the larger states with more resources. Mizoram is tucked away between Myanmar and Bangladesh, about 1,500 miles from New Delhi. It registered its first case on March 24-the day on which the country went into lockdown to prevent the spread […]

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