India locks down 1.3 billion people

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Spain’s deaths surge by 514 in one day as Saudi Arabia announces its first fatality.

India’s 1.3 billion people will go under “total lockdown” from midnight Tuesday (1830 GMT) for 21 days to combat the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said.

Japan and the International Olympic Committee agreed on Tuesday to postpone the Tokyo Olympics by one year because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Source:  ALJAZEERA