Modi announces coronavirus lockdown 'to save India'

Indian prime minister Narendra Modi has announced the country will be placed in lockdown for the next 21 days as his government takes step to halt the spread of coronavirus. Modi made a TV announcement confirming the country of 1.3 billion people will be ordered to remain indoors to prevent a public health disaster Subscribe to Guardian News on YouTube ► http://bit.ly/guardianwiressub India's 1.3bn population locked down to beat coronavirus ► https://www.theguardian.com/world/202... Coronavirus – latest updates ► https://www.theguardian.com/australia... See all our coronavirus coverage ► https://www.theguardian.com/world/cor... Support the Guardian ► https://support.theguardian.com/contr... Today in Focus podcast ► https://www.theguardian.com/news/seri... The Guardian YouTube network: The Guardian ►    / theguardian   Owen Jones talks ► http://bit.ly/subsowenjones Guardian Football ► http://is.gd/guardianfootball Guardian Sport ► http://bit.ly/GDNsport Guardian Culture ► http://is.gd/guardianculture