Baldev Singh, Sikh religious guru who returned from Italy meets 15,000. All quarantined

At least 15,000 people who may have caught the new coronavirus from a Sikh religious leader are under strict quarantine in northern India after the man died of COVID-19.

The 70-year-old guru, Baldev Singh, had returned from a trip to Europe's virus epicentre Italy and Germany before he went preaching in more than a dozen villages in Punjab state.

The guru and his two associates ignored self-isolation orders on their return from Europe, causing 15 villages to be sealed off under stricter conditions than India's nationwide lockdown