Today Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the nation for the second time in the wake of coronavirus. In his address he mentioned that India will go under complete lockdown for a period of 21 days. During this time frame he urged the people not to come out of their houses. He also said that centre has provided 15,000 crore to the tackle the coronavirus situation. He told people to pray for those who are working outside in such tough times to provide important service to the society. He also urged people to take medicines only after they are recommended by doctors.
Manipur has reported its first case of coronavirus with a 23-year-old woman who returned from the United Kingdom testing positive, making it the first case in the northeast. She is a student in the UK. Nearly all of India - with 32 states and union territories covering 560 districts - are under a complete lockdown to contain the rapid spread of the novel coronavirus or COVID-19. 496 people have tested positive for the virus in the country and nine have died. As reports of infection came in from all the key states, the centre on Monday tightened its clampdown with a ban on domestic flights from tonight and warned of legal action against those violating the lockdown rules.
At a press conference in New Delhi, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said that there were no reports of coronavirus cases in Delhi in the last 40 hours.
