Firefighters from Ahmedabad Fire and Emergency Services spraying disinfectant in a residential colony during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure against the coronavirus outbreak, in Ahmedabad on Saturday (April 4). - AFP
MUMBAI: The number of confirmed Covid-19 (coronavirus) outbreak cases in South Asia neared 6,000 on Saturday (April 5), even as authorities in some cities tightened restrictions on movement and warned lockdowns could be extended in a bid to rein in the pandemic.
"If people don't obey the rules seriously and cases continue to rise, then there may be no option but to extend the lockdown," Rajesh Tope, the health minister of Maharashtra state which includes the financial hub Mumbai, said.
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