Coronavirus Highlights: In his address to the nation Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a special economic package of Rs 20 lakh crore which is 10 per cent of India's GDP. The special economic package is for the labourers, farmers, honest taxpayers, MSMEs and cottage industry, PM Modi said.
PM Modi's address to the nation came a day after a six-hour meeting with Chief Ministers on the road ahead after May 17, when the nationwide coronavirus-induced lockdown is due to end. He had hinted in yesterday's meeting that the lockdown would continue, but with far less restrictions.
This was PM Modi's fifth address to the nation, including a video message, following the outbreak of the deadly coronavirus.
Meanwhile, the Air India headquarters in Delhi has been shut for two days after a peon tested positive for coronavirus. Everyone, including the Chairman and Managing Director Pradeep Singh Kharola, will work from home, the national carrier said on Tuesday. The office is being sanitised. There are up to 200 people, including visitors, in the building at any given time, according to officials.
India reported 3,604 new coronavirus patients in the last 24 hours and 87 deaths linked to the illness that brings the total number of cases in the country to 70,756, including 2,293 deaths, the Union Health Ministry said today.
