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City migrants flee to villages as coronavirus measures take a hit

On Saturday, hundreds of people, many young men wearing masks and lugging backpacks, jostled in long queues to board trains at Mumbai's Lokmanya Tilak Terminus station

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Thousands of city migrants whose livelihoods have collapsed due to India's coronavirus measures headed back to their villages on Saturday, raising fears that the exodus could carry the virus to the countryside.
 
About one fifth of India's 271 confirmed coronavirus cases has been reported in the western state of Maharashtra -- home to Mumbai, the country's largest city and economic powerhouse. So far, India has registered four deaths due to the virus.
 
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has urged Indians to stay at home to fight the outbreak. Maharashtra state authorities ordered on Friday the closure of all shops

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