Billions of Indians face a strict lockdown. Those in quarantine have their own set of concerns about unsafe conditions.
In quarantine at a hotel in Srinagar, India: A group of people who've returned from countries in the Middle East.Waseem Andrabi/Hindustan Times via Getty Images
The World Health Organization says the arc of the global pandemic may depend on what huge, densely-populated countries like India do next. So in the early hours of Wednesday morning, India imposed the world's largest anti-coronavirus lockdown. For the next 21 days, no one across the country is allowed to leave their home except to go to buy food or medicine or to see a doctor. In a televised address, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said this is what's needed to"save every Indian."
Khan was taken to the facility after landing Saturday at New Delhi's airport, with her husband. The couple was married March 6 in India and went on a honeymoon in the United States. As coronavirus spread, they cut short their trip and headed home. Neither husband or wife has been tested for the virus. The Indian government is grappling with a shortage of testing kits. Amid criticism about the low number of Indians being tested,Fatmi says he tried to explain to Indian officials that he had been with his wife the entire time and their risk of exposure to coronavirus was likely identical.
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