India's financial hub Mumbai is set to extend lockdown measures until at least April 30 as authorities race to expand testing to stem the spread ...
A man rides past a line of cycles erected across a road, as a blockade, during a 21-day nationwide lockdown to slow the spread of the coronavirus disease , in Mumbai, India, April 7, 2020. REUTERS/Prashant WaydandeMUMBAI: India's financial hub Mumbai is set to extend lockdown measures until at least Apr 30 as authorities race to expand testing to stem the spread of coronavirus cases in the city, three senior officials said.
A 21-day nationwide lockdown that Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared in late March to fight the epidemic is officially set to end on Apr 14.But Mumbai, with a population of more than 20 million, has become India's coronavirus epicentre. The metropolis and its suburbs have reported 782 positive cases and 50 deaths, the latest health bulletin said on Wednesday."In Mumbai cases are rising too fast.
The Mumbai municipal authority and the state government in the western state of Maharashtra, of which Mumbai is the capital, both declined to comment.
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