India, March 31 -- Indian states suspends routine immunisation, WHO says it is unfair

Countries, including India, should see to it that concerns of daily wagers and migrant workers are taken care of while imposing blanket lockdowns, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on March 30, 2020.

The statement was made by the organisation's director general, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, in response to a query by Down To Earth on the impact of the nationwide lockdown in India on its poor and the mass exodus of migrant workers.

"If we are closing or if we are limiting movement, what is going to happen to these people who have to work on daily basis? Each and every country, based on its condition, should answer this question," Ghebreyesus said ...