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An Indian boy watches Prime Minister Narendra Modi address the nation in a televised speech about COVID-19 situation, on his mobile phone in Gauhati, India, Tuesday, March 24, 2020. Modi Tuesday announced a total lockdown of the country of 1.3 billion people to contain the new coronavirus outbreak. For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms. For some it can cause more severe illness. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

An Indian boy watches Prime Minister Narendra Modi address the nation in a televised speech about COVID-19 situation, on his mobile phone in Gauhati, India, Tuesday, March 24, 2020. Modi Tuesday announced a total lockdown of the country of 1.3 billion people to contain the new coronavirus outbreak. For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms. For some it can cause more severe illness. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

March 24, 2020

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India's prime minister decrees 21-day lockdown to curb virus
March 24, 2020 9:53 a.m.

India's prime minister decrees 21-day lockdown to curb virus

NEW DELHI (AP) — India will begin the world's largest lockdown on Wednesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced in a TV address, warning citizens to stay inside or risk inviting the pandemic into their homes, and pledging $2 billion to bolster the country's beleaguered health care system.