In this Tuesday, March 17, 2020 photo, children play next to a drain filled with plastic and other filth at a slum in New Delhi, India. Experts say keeping hands clean is one of the easiest and best ways to prevent transmission of the coronavirus, in addition to social distancing. But for India’s homeless and urban poor who live in thousands of slums across major cities and towns, maintaining good hygiene can be nearly impossible. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
March 18, 2020
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March 18, 2020 1:09 a.m.
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NEW DELHI (AP) — Dharam Singh Rajput can’t afford to buy hand sanitizer, which could help ward off transmission of the coronavirus in his community.