A general view of a vegetable market, as the lockdown continues for the twenty first day in concerns about the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Kathmandu, Nepal April 13, 2020. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar
NEW DELHI/ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - India and Pakistan are planning to partially reopen their economies to minimise the cost of restrictive measures imposed to halt the spread of the novel coronavirus, officials in the two countries said on Monday.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Twitter he will address the nation on Tuesday, at the end of a 21-day lockdown that has severely disrupted economic activity and left millions of its 1.3 billion people out of work.
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