Covid-19 - Asia: Modi apologises to India's people as Australia limits gatherings

Homeless people wearing facemasks sitting on a cart during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure against the Covid-19 (coronavirus) outbreak in Mumbai on Sunday (March 29). - AFP

HONG KONG: Here are the latest developments from Asia related to the Covid-19 (coronavirus) pandemic.

Modi asks Indians for forgiveness - India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi apologised to citizens for the sweeping 21-day lockdown that has brought the country of 1.3 billion people to a halt, leaving many migrant workers jobless and penniless.