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Pregnant woman dies of hunger amid coronavirus crisis

  • 20 Apr 2020
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A pregnant woman has died in Pakistani's Sindh provide due to starvation amid the lockdown imposed in the country to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), reports said.

A report in 'Express News' mentioned the woman died in the town of Jhudo in Mirpur Khas district in Sindh province. Allabakhsh, the woman's husband said he was left with no work owing to the lockdown due to which he was facing problems in managing food for his family that also included six children.

Allabakhsh said he did not even had the money to bury his wife. The local residents eventually raised money through donations for the burial of his wife.

Indo-Asian News Service

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