A roadside barber wearing mask as a precaution against the coronavirus gives hair cut to a man as others wait for their turn in Mumbai. India authorized two COVID-19 vaccines on Su...
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A barber cutting hair of a farmer during a protest against new farm laws, at Singhu border in New Delhi.
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Volunteers provide free salon service for farmers at their protest site at Singhu Border in New Delhi.
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Richard Ward, owner of Richard Ward Hair & MetroSpa wears a protective face mask as he works in his salon in London. Britain is preparing to join large swathes of Europe in a coron...
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A roadside barber wearing a face mask attends a customer on the rail track during unlock 4.0, in Kolkata.
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Barber attend to a customer at his roadside stall during Unlock 3.0 at Chandni Chowk, in Delhi.
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A street barber, center right, chats with his customer in front of a graffiti honoring those on the frontlines in the fight against the coronavirus outside a train station in Mumba...
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Temple barbers wearing protective suits tonsure the heads of devotees inside Tonsuring Hall, at Kanaka Durga temple in Vijayawada.
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A barber attends to an elderly person at his roadside stall in the backdrop of a graffiti on doctors, ahead of National Doctor's Day, in Mumbai.
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Beauticians wearing protective gear attend customers at a salon during unlock 1.0, in Kolkata.
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Barbers attend to customers at their roadside stall, without taking precautions against coronavirus, in Karad district.
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A hair-stylist wearing protective suit attends to a customer at a salon that opened after a gap of three months owing to COVID-19 pandemic, at Kandivali in Mumbai.
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A hair-stylist wearing protective suit attends to a customer at a salon that opened after a gap of three months owing to COVID-19 pandemic, at Ghatkopar, in Mumbai.
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A hairdresser in personal protective suit attends to a customer at a hair salon in New Delhi. Businesses and shops reopened in many states as a three-phase plan to lift the nationw...
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A barber wearing a PPE kit attends to a customer, during the ongoing COVID-19 nationwide lockdown, at Mayur vihar in New Delhi.
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A barber wearing a PPE kit attends to a customer, during the ongoing COVID-19 nationwide lockdown, at Mayur vihar in New Delhi.
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A barber wearing a PPE kit attends to a customer, during the ongoing COVID-19 nationwide lockdown, at Lajpat Nagar Market in New Delhi.
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Beauticians attend to a customer at a salon, during the ongoing COVID-19 nationwide lockdown, in Guwahati.
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A barber wearing a PPE kit attends to a customer, during the ongoing COVID-19 lockdown, at Bengali Market in New Delhi.
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Beauticians wearing PPE kits attend a customer at a parlour that was opened during the fourth phase of COVID-19 lockdown, in Kolkata.
Two previous hotspots – at Koyambedu supermarket and neighbouring Arumbakkam locality – were directly attributable to the virus being spread from hair cutting salons, which were operating surreptitiously.