India rises to Coronavirus challenge

A homeless man wearing a protective mask sleeps as a civil defence member stands by his side inside a sports complex turned into a shelter, during a 21-day nationwide lockdown to slow the spread of the COVID-19, in New Delhi.

Members of Fire and Emergency Services decontaminate a road using boom sprayers to slow the spreading of coronavirus disease in Ahmedabad.

A cleaner walks in the Marine Drive area during a lockdown imposed due to the coronavirus in Mumbai, India.

A man cleans up a street in the Colaba area during a lockdown imposed due to the coronavirus in Mumbai.

Residents sanitize their locality as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 corona in Gauhati.

A confectioner applies finishing touches to a replica of coronavirus made out of sweets at a confectionary workshop in Kolkata.

A security guard sanitizes the hands of a police officer after a person from their apartment complex was found to be COVID-19 positive, in Gauhati.

Customers wearing protective face masks shop for fruit at a market during a lockdown imposed due to the coronavirus in Mumbai.

Migrant workers and homeless people rest inside a sports complex turned into a shelter in New Delhi.

Medical staff members hold placards as they stand outside a hospital to show solidarity with people who are affected by COVID-19 and with doctors, nurses and other healthcare workers from all over the world in Kolkata.

A man sprays disinfectant on a fishing boat during a countrywide lockdown in Mumbai.