Prime Minister Narendra Modi today extended the nationwide lockdown till May 3. In his address to the nation this morning, PM Modi said in some areas which are outside of Covid-19 hotspots, some conditional relaxations to resume important activities could be given after April 20. Some state governments like Punjab, Odisha, Telangana and Tamil Nadu have already extended the lockdown on their own.
Pointers :
-Those running businesses should be sensitive to the needs of their workers. Do not retrench people:
-Government will come out with extensive guidelines tomorrow:
-Stay where ever you are till May 3:
-Download Aarogya Setu mobile app:
-Take special care of elders, senior citizens in the house:
To improve immunity, follow Ayush ministry’s directions
-PM Modi asks Indians to take care of 7 issues.
-Fight against coronavirus will be made more stringent in next one week, new hotspots will create new crisis:
-Medicines, ration in appropriate supply in India:
-Areas outside of hotspot areas might get some relief during lockdown
-Lockdown will be extended till May 3:
-If we look at it from an economic angle, it (lockdown) might look an expensive decision. We have paid a heavy price for it but the lives of Indians can never be valued. The path we have followed is being discussed internationally. Governments in various states, health departments in states have worked with a lot of responsibility:
India took a holistic and integrated approach:
-The path we chose is the right one:
-India is in a much better position than other countries:
-We did not wait for the problem to increase but acted immediately
-When there were only 550 corona cases, we implemented a 21-day lockdown.
A broad consensus has emerged that the national lockdown should be extended by at least two weeks after a meeting between the prime minister and state chief ministers on Saturday.
-The way people are following lockdown even during festivals is appreciable.
