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World's shortest woman Jyoti Amge urges people to stay indoors

By ANI | Updated: April 14, 2020 09:45 IST

Jyoti Amge, the world's shortest woman, has appealed to the people here to remain indoors amid the nationwide lockdown enforced to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

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Jyoti Amge, the world's shortest woman, has appealed to the people here to remain indoors amid the nationwide lockdown enforced to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

Dressed in pink top and black boots, Amge, who is just 62.8 centimetres tall, was seen making announcements on the loudspeaker pertaining to the preventive measures to be taken to fight COVID-19 while standing on the bonnet of a police vehicle on Monday.

Amge, who was wearing a face mask, was accomped by a couple of policemen during the awareness drive.

Amge has a form of dwarfism called achondroplasia and is the world's shortest woman, according to the Guinness World Records.

( With inputs from ANI )

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