
India's 'total lockdown': day one
In India, the world's second most populous country, more than 1.3 billion people are now under lockdown because of coronavirus.
In India, the world's second most populous country, more than 1.3 billion people are now under lockdown because of coronavirus.
Also on the programme: Prince Charles tests positive for Covid-19, and leaders in the US Senate and the Trump administration have agreed on a 2 trillion dollar aid package to protect the US economy from the impact of the pandemic.
(Picture: A shopkeeper sprays sanitiser in the hands of a customer before entering a grocery shop during the first day of a 21-day government-imposed nationwide lockdown in Mumbai. Credit: Indranil Mukherjee/AFP via Getty Images)
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