Customers at grocery and medical stores across the country have started drawing circles outside shops selling essential commodities, in a bid to practice social distancing during the deadly COVID-19 lockdown.

Policemen punish those who violated lockdown guidelines, make them sit in marked circles to maintain social distancing at Vikram Chowk in Jammu on Wednesday. Credit: PTI

People seen maintaining distance between each other as they wait for their turn outside a chemist’s store in the national Capital. Credit: PTI

People stand in a queue outside a chemist’s shop while maintaining social distance in New Delhi on Wednesday. Credit: PTI

People stand away from each other as they queue up outside a supermarket to buy essential items in Faridabad on Wednesday. Credit: PTI

Customers stand one-metre apart as a preventive measure against the coronavirus while queuing up to buy vegetables during lockdown in Karad, Maharashtra, on Wednesday. Credit: PTI

Residents maintain social distance as they stand outside a grocery store in Ahmedabad to shop for essential items during the lockdown on Wednesday. Credit: PTI

People stand at a distance from one another near a tractor trolley to buy vegetables during the lockdown in Bathinda, Punjab, on Wednesday. Credit: PTI

People stand on designated areas to maintain social distancing as they queue outside a grocery store during the first day of a 21-day nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure against COVID-19 in Faridabad, Haryana on Wednesday. Credit: Money Sharma/AFP

People stand away from each other as they queue up at a market to buy vegetables. Credit: Social media

A shopkeeper practising social distancing while dealing with the customer. Credit: Social media 
men in uniform at work promoting social distancing. Credit: Social media 
People stand away from each other at a market to buy vegetables. Credit: Social media











