India's 1.3 billion residents start 21-day lockdown - Today's coronavirus updates

As coronavirus continues to spread across the globe, here are some of the latest headlines and resources to help you arm yourself with the best information.

COVID-19’s impact around the globe

India starts 21-day lockdown
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi issued a stay-at-home order four hours before it went into effect, sparking a rush for goods. The country has a comparatively low number of cases - 536 - but moved to prevent a wider spread of the virus. Read more here.

Bill Gates: Testing the right patients will be "super, super urgent."
Self-isolation - key to fighting the pandemic in the US - could last another 8 to 10 weeks, estimated Bill Gates, co-founder of Microsoft and co-chair of the non-profit the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. “In terms of testing," Gates said, "we’re still not creating that capacity and applying it to people in need.” Testing must be organized and prioritized, he stressed. "That is super, super urgent.” Read more here.

Hospitals made from shipping containers could help tackle COVID-19
An Italian design company is partnering with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to make prefabricated intensive care units (ICUs) to help stem the shortage in hospital beds. Dubbed Connected Units for Respiratory Ailments (CURA), these units are quick to erect but hospital-safe, designed to take into account “biocontainment” (a series of safety practices to prevent the spread of disease). Made from shipping containers, the units will be easy to transport by road, rail and ship as the virus spreads. Read more here.

New coronavirus milestone: More than 100,000 COVID-19 recoveries
The world has passed another coronavirus milestone, with more than 100,000 patients now successfully recovered from the virus, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. The actual figure is likely to be higher, with the data only covering confirmed cases. Read more here.

Undiagnosed people without symptoms are helping to spread coronavirus
People without COVID-19's tell-tale symptoms may be spreading infection, according to studies outlined in the journal Nature. The research finds that six in ten new coronavirus cases may have been caused by covert infections.

Studying data from Hubei, the province of China thought to be the initial epicentre of the virus, researchers estimated that asymptomatic cases likely outnumbered confirmed cases. “By our most conservative estimate, at least 59% of the infected individuals were out and about, without being tested and potentially infecting others,” says Wu Tangchun, a public-health expert at Huazhong University of Science and Technology in Wuhan, who led the study. Read more here.

Healthcare workers applaud the people of Spain
Many countries have made a nightly tradition of applauding healthcare workers. Recently, the healthcare workers clapped back. In a Tweet sharing a video of the applause, the Spanish Nursing Association said, "And we also return the applause. Thank you so much for your recognition."