PM calls for complete lockdown of entire nation for 21 days

Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi called for a complete lockdown of the entire nation for the next 21 days beginning at midnight tonight in an effort to contain the COVID-19 Pandemic. He also said that even those nations with the best of the medical facilities could not contain the virus and that the social distancing is the only option to mitigate it.

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He also urged the people to take the lockdown imposed by the State Governments in several parts of the country, in the last few days with utmost sincerity. This decision was taken from the experiences of health sector experts and experiences of other countries and that 21 days is essential to break the chain of infection.