India's prime minister announces extension to the country's lockdown for 1.3 billion people until May 3, but says there may be some easing in restrictions in people's movement after one week to help the poor daily wage earners and those working in agriculture sector.In an address to the nation on radio and television on Tuesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the lockdown will be eased only in areas which do not show any deterioration in the spread of coronavirus.He said India has paid a big economic price by imposing the lockdown, but it was much better placed than many other countries as

A youth from Shivpuri, who had contracted coronavirus and was released following treatment and testing negative for the infection, has alleged that his family is being harassed by his neighbours, which has forced him to put his house on sale. "I have been working outside for the past eight-nine years. Upon learning of the COVID-19 pandemic, I returned to India on March 18, on 19th I went to the hospital and tests were conducted on March 21 which showed that I was borderline positive for COVID-19. The hospital management and administration fully cooperated with me and motivated me. Following t

There are 25,682 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada. Quebec: 13,557 confirmed (including 360 deaths, 1,982 resolved) Ontario: 7,470 confirmed (including 291 deaths, 3,357 resolved) Alberta: 1,732 confirmed (including 46 deaths, 877 resolved) British Columbia: 1,490 confirmed (including 69 deaths, 905 resolved) Nova Scotia: 474 confirmed (including 3 deaths, 97 resolved) Saskatchewan: 300 confirmed (including 4 deaths, 178 resolved), 2 presumptive Manitoba: 229 confirmed (including 4 deaths, 99 resolved), 17 presumptive Newfoundland and Labrador: 244 confirmed (including 3 deaths, 133 r

Crews are battling a large fire that has erupted in Mission's downtown core. Mission Fire Rescue Service is on the scene and called in crews from Abbotsford Fire Rescue. BC Hydro says in a tweet that the fire has caused an outage affecting more than 17-hundred customers in Mission and Abbotsford.

BC's provincial health officer says she is concerned about a growing outbreak of COVID-19 at a federal prison in Mission. Doctor Bonnie Henry says there are now 35 confirmed cases at the Mission Institution and eight people are in hospital. Henry says all efforts are underway to contain the outbreak at the facility but the virus spread before it was recognized. There is still only one positive case at the Okanagan Correctional Centre but testing and surveillance are ongoing.

British Columbia is reporting 11 new COVID-19 deaths, bringing the province's total to 69. Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry says B.C.'s total number of cases has increased to 1,490, up 45 from Saturday. Henry says 137 people are in hospital, with 58 of those in intensive care. She says there remains 20 long-term care facilities with COVID-19 outbreaks. Henry says a COVID-19 outbreak at the federal Mission Institution is causing concerns, with 35 positive cases and eight people now in hospital. Henry says all efforts are underway to contain the outbreak at the prison.

Alberta is reporting 81 new cases of COVID-19. The province's chief medical health officer Dr. Deena Hinshaw says the total number of cases is now at 1,732. She also says there have been two additional deaths, bringing the total fatalities in the province to 46. She says 877 people with COVID-19 have recovered.

Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Theresa Tam says deaths from COVID-19 will continue to rise even as the number of cases overall in Canada may go down. Tams says that's because of outbreaks in long-term care facilities. She says close to half of the deaths being tracked are linked to long-term care facilities. Tam says all jurisdictions are trying to deal with those outbreaks but as people learn more about how to respond, new measures are being put in place.

The BC Wildfire Service lists the fire danger rating across most of the province as low to moderate but firefighters in several regions still had a busy Easter weekend. The wildfire service website shows crews responded to 11 blazes between Good Friday and Easter Sunday. Most were barely larger than spot fires and were quickly handled, but of the eight reported on Sunday, four remained listed as out of control by midnight. They included a fire covering half a square kilometre in the southern Interior east of Merritt, and two of three separate fires along Highway 3 south of Cawston in the Simi