India will go on a 21-day nationwide lockdown from today to fight the coronavirus pandemic, PM Modi announced via a televised address on Tuesday night. The national lockdown comes as India reported more than 50 new cases of Covid-19, taking the latest total of patients to 557.
Covid-19 has claimed 11 lives in the country with authorities reporting one death each in Delhi–the second in the national capital–and Maharashtra on Tuesday and over 500 persons being afflicted by the viral infection. Fears are also mounting that more could be hit as the global coronavirus toll inches towards 17,000.
PM ANNOUNCES NATIONAL LOCKDOWN
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday announced a complete lockdown of the entire country for 21 days in an unprecedented drastic measure to try halt the spread of coronavirus shortly after which the Centre said all road, rail and air services will remain suspended during this period.
In his second address to the nation in less than a week on the growing concerns over Covid-19, Modi said the lockdown will be in force from Tuesday midnight, as he announced a Central allocation of Rs 15,000 crore to strengthen the health infrastructure to tackle the disease.
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