Coronavirus case detected at workers' quarters in India's presidential palace

A worker is seen riding his bicycle on a deserted Rajpath leading to the Presidential Palace during a government-imposed lockdown as a preventive measure against the coronavirus outbreak in New Delhi. About 500 people entered self-isolation at the Presidential House in the Indian capital on Tuesday (April 21) after a worker's relative tested positive for Covid-19 (coronavirus), officials said, as the number of cases nationwide neared 18,000 despite a strict lockdown. - AFP

NEW DELHI: About 500 people entered self-isolation at the Presidential House in the Indian capital on Tuesday (April 21) after a worker's relative tested positive for Covid-19 (coronavirus), officials said, as the number of cases nationwide neared 18,000 despite a strict lockdown.

India's 1.3 billion people have been ordered to remain indoors for 40 days to slow the spread of the virus so that the country's hospitals are not overwhelmed by a flood of infections.