Officials in India have warned that the lockdown could be extended in a bid to contain the spread of the coronavirus.
The health minister of Maharashtra said an extension will be considered if the cases continue to rise, and people refuse to obey quarantine rules.
"It could be extended in Mumbai and urban areas of Maharashtra by two weeks," Rajesh Tope told Reuters.
Three other senior officials told Reuters, on condition of anonymity, that the restrictions will be extended based on the number of cases in each district.
So far, the state has 516 confirmed cases and 26 deaths.
This comes as the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the country will pull out of the three-week lockdown, that's set to end of April 14, in a phased manner.
More than 3,000 cases and 86 deaths have been recorded in the country.
The United Nations on Tuesday dismissed as "ridiculous" an assertion by Israel that there was enough food in the Gaza Strip to last for a long period of time, despite the closure of all 25 bakeries supported by the World Food Programme (WFP).
United Nations officials who surveyed earthquake damage in Myanmar urged the global community to ramp up aid before the looming monsoon season worsens already catastrophic conditions, with the death toll at 2,719 and expected to surpass 3,000.
Syria suffered a nationwide power outage on Tuesday night due to malfunctions at several points in the national grid, a spokesperson from the energy ministry told Reuters.
U.S. Attorney General Pamela Bondi directed federal prosecutors to seek the death penalty for Luigi Mangione, the man accused of shooting and killing the CEO of UnitedHealth Group's insurance division Brian Thompson in New York last year.
Aid groups in Myanmar on Tuesday described scenes of devastation and desperation after an earthquake that killed more than 2,700 people, stressing an urgent need for food, water and shelter and warning the window to find survivors was fast closing.
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