Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has ordered a 21-day lockdown of the world’s second most populous country of more than 1.3 billion people. Health researchers have warned that more than a million people in India could be infected with the coronavirus by mid-May, prompting the Government to shut down all air and train travel, businesses and schools.
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