COVID-19: India extends lockdown by two weeks

India's government on Friday announced that it will extend its national lockdown by two weeks after May 4 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 

In the next two weeks, all secondary schools and universities will also remain suspended, according to local media reports.

(Cover: Men wearing protective masks walk inside the premises of a hospital where a special ward has been set up for the coronavirus disease in Mumbai, India, March 17, 2020. /Reuters)