World's biggest Covid-19 lockdown in India extended until at least May 3
A doctor in a protective chamber takes a swab from a man to test for coronavirus disease at a newly installed Walk-In Sample Kiosk in a government-run hospital in Chennai, India, April 13, 2020.
India's nationwide lockdown, the biggest imposed in the world over the coronavirus pandemic, will be extended until at least May 3, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Tuesday. "From the economic angle, we have paid a big price," Modi said in a nationwide address. "But the lives of the people of India are far more valuable.""Till May 3, every Indian will have to stay in lockdown. I request all Indians that we stop the coronavirus from spreading to other areas," he said.
Modi spoke as the number of people infected with coronavirus reached 10,363, according to government data on Tuesday, of whom 339 have died.
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