India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi has just announced that the country will go into full lockdown from midnight local time - that's in just under four hours - for 21 days starting today.
India, the world's second most populous country, has introduced a lockdown in similar fashion to many countries all over the world amid rising Coronavirus concerns.
"There will be a total ban on venturing out of your homes," Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in a televised address.
There have been 482 confirmed cases of coronavirus and nine deaths in India so far.
Many experts suggest that these numbers are under-reported and a lack of testing does not depict the full story of the extent of the spread of COVID-19 in India.
The total lockdown will be in similar fashion to the one Kashmir has been under for 232 days since August 5 , 2019 when special status of Jammu and Kashmir was revoked via scrapping of the Article 370 of the Constitution of India.
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