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India's prime minister said the country will be in lockdown for nearly three more weeks. Following Narendra Modi's announcement, the 麻豆约拍's Rahul Tandon reports on the plight of the country's poorest in the coronavirus crisis, amid fears many may not survive if they can't get access to vital funding to buy food. And professor Maitreesh Ghatak of the London School of Economics discusses the tradeoffs involved in extending the lockdown. Also in the programme, the International Monetary Fund has forecast that the global economy may contract sharply by three per cent this year, and it has suspended debt repayments for 25 nations for six months. We find out more from 麻豆约拍 economics correspondent Andrew Walker. With delivery services from supermarkets heavily oversubscribed, the 麻豆约拍's Victoria Craig has been finding out about the plethora of small firms stepping up to fill the gap and sell direct, from milk rounds to fresh vegetable boxes and even coffee and beer deliveries. Plus we hear about concerns a new bacteria that is hitting olive groves in Italy could spread to plantations in Spain and Greece.

(Picture: An onion seller in India. Picture credit: Getty Images.)