This is PM Modi’s second handle to the nation since Thursday.
Highlights
- This is his second handle to the nation since Thursday
- Since then, virtually all of India has come below full lockdown
- He had yesterday tweeted that many weren’t taking lockdown significantly
New Delhi:
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will handle the nation right now at 8 pm on the coronavirus outbreak, which has contaminated over 490 folks in India.
“I will address the nation at 8 pm today on vital aspects relating to the scourge of the pandemic COVID-19,” PM Modi has tweeted.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will even temporary the media quickly amid expectations of a bailout bundle amid the coronavirus lockdown.
This is the PM’s second handle to the nation since Thursday, when he known as for a “Janata Curfew” on Sunday, a 14-hour self-quarantine to battle the unfold of coronavirus. Since then, virtually all of India has come below full lockdown, with states like Punjab imposing a curfew.
वैश्विक महामारी कोरोना वायरस के बढ़ते प्रकोप के संबंध में कुछ महत्वपूर्ण बातें देशवासियों के साथ साझा करूंगा। आज, 24 मार्च रात 8 बजे देश को संबोधित करूंगा।
Will handle the nation at 8 PM right now, 24th March 2020, on important facets regarding the menace of COVID-19.
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) March 24, 2020
The Prime Minister had yesterday interacted with the business and the media to debate the fallout of coronavirus or COVID-19, which has taken over 14,000 lives worldwide and contaminated over three lakh.
In India, 9 folks have died.
Trains, metros and inter-state buses have been stopped and airways will cease flying from tomorrow.
PM Modi had yesterday expressed concern in a tweet that many weren’t taking the lockdown significantly. “Many people are still not taking the lockdown seriously. Please save yourself, save your family, follow the instructions seriously. I request state governments to ensure rules and laws are followed,” he tweeted in Hindi.