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Containing coronavirus spread comes with economic tradeoffs, says IMF blog

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Press Trust of India New Delhi
Last Updated : Mar 20 2020 | 9:22 PM IST

Success in containing coronavirus infection comes at the price of slowing economic activity, a blogpost by IMF experts has stated.

With the number of coronavirus cases rising in India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has appealed to citizens to observe a 'Janta curfew' on Sunday to check the spread of deadly novel coronavirus.

In the blogpost, the IMF experts observed, "Success in containing the virus comes at the price of slowing economic activity, no matter whether social distancing and reduced mobility are voluntary or enforced."

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First Published: Mar 20 2020 | 9:22 PM IST

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