NEW DELHI -- India's lockdown of over 1 billion people was extended Friday by two weeks to fight the spread of the coronavirus that has led to more than 1,150 deaths across the country.
New guidelines permit some businesses to resume work in low-risk areas
Migrant workers sit in a bus as they wait to leave for their home town, after being stranded in the central state of Madhya Pradesh due to the lockdown in India, on May 1. © Reuters
NEW DELHI -- India's lockdown of over 1 billion people was extended Friday by two weeks to fight the spread of the coronavirus that has led to more than 1,150 deaths across the country.