Prime Minister Narendra Modi has imposed a 21-day total lockdown in India to contain the spread of Covid-19, which has 536 confirmed cases in India.

“If we listen to the health experts we know that 21 days are crucial to break the cycle of transmission,” Modi said in his televised address to the nation on Tuesday. “For a few days forget what it means to go out. Today’s decision of a nationwide lockdown draws a line outside your home.”

India is rushing now to contain the economic and health fallout of the spreading coronavirus outbreak that has so far infected 536 in India and killed 10 people. Cases have more than tripled in the last five days.

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