India nationwide lockdown extended until May 3: Modi
[NEW DELHI] 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 on Tuesday.
The current three-week-old lockdown of the nation of 1.3 billion people had been scheduled to end at midnight on Tuesday.
"From the economic angle, we have paid a big price," Mr Modi said in a nationwide address. "But the lives of the people of India are far more valuable."
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