India has withdrawn a planned reopening of the Taj Mahal, citing the risk of new coronavirus infections spreading from visitors flocking to see the monument
FILE PHOTO: A member of Central Industrial Security Force personnel stands guard inside the empty premises of the historic Taj Mahal during a 21-day nationwide lockdown to slow the spread of COVID-19, in Agra, India, April 2, 2020. REUTERS/Sunil Kataria/File Photo
Agra, one of India’s first big clusters of the virus, remains the worst-affected city in Uttar Pradesh, the country’s most populous state. But the government has been lifting a vast lockdown of India’s 1.3 billion people that has left tens of thousands without work and shuttered businesses.
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