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India eases curbs further as Covid-19 cases tumble

India Covid awareness campaign

Students and staff of a medical college take part in an awareness campaign for the Covid-19 coronavirus vaccination on the eve of India’s Republic Day in Bangalore on January 25, 2021.

Photo credit: Manjunath Kiran | AFP

What you need to know:

  • Government figures on Thursday showed that, in the previous 24 hours, 123 people died from the virus in India, with 11,666 new infections.
  • With the economy one of the worst hit worldwide, India has gradually relaxed rules, allowing most economic activity and even its famously lavish weddings to resume.

New Delhi,

India has further eased coronavirus restrictions, bucking the trend in many other countries as the huge Asian nation's infection and death numbers fall sharply.