Hyderabad, April 2 -- As the novel coronavirus continues to spread, some countries are putting their citizens on various forms of lockdown. India, China, France, Italy, New Zealand, Poland, and the UK have implemented the world's largest and most restrictive mass quarantines. Around 45,498 people have died and over 9,10,352 have been infected by the coronavirus worldwide. 1,90,901 have recovered so far.

Wuhan, China, where the virus first appeared, has been locked down for more than six weeks, and many other Chinese cities still face travel restrictions.

According to a Ministry of External Affairs report, there are 31 million Non Resident Indians (NRIs) and Persons of Indian Origin (PIOs) residing outside India as of December 2018. Let...