PM Modi on Monday called for citizens to take the lockdown ‘seriously’ and follow instructions by the authorities amid the coronavirus outbreak in India.
Mumbai| Many people are still not taking the lockdown seriously, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said this morning a day after the government imposed severe restrictions across the country to prevent the spread of coronavirus that has infected over 390 people in India and killed 8.
Many people are still not taking the lockdown seriously. Please save yourself, save your family, follow the instructions seriously. I request the state governments to get the rules and laws followed: Prime Minister Narendra Modi pic.twitter.com/WK9vVZs742
— ANI (@ANI) March 23, 2020
After remaining critical for a week, a Philippines national, aged 68, died on Sunday night due to renal failure, respiratory distress and Covid-19. Civic officials said the foreigner had earlier tested negative but his condition later turned critical. He was shifted from Kasturba Hospital to a private hospital. This is the third Covid-19 death in a week in Mumbai. On Saturday night a 63-year-old Malabar hill resident had died due to the infection.
The total number of Covid-19 patients in Maharashtra rose to 89 with 15 more coronavirus positive cases reported in the last 24 hours. Of the new cases, 14 are in Mumbai and one in Pune.
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Health Ministry on Monday reported the number of COVID-19 cases in India stood at 390 with 359 active cases.
The Janata Curfew called by Prime Minister Narendra Modi wound up Sunday as people across the country responded by staying indoors and applauding those working to battle the coronavirus threat which has infected over 390 people so far.
The 75 districts identified after the meeting account for nearly 24 crores of the total population — about 20 per cent of the population according to the 2011 census. The total lockdown population could be higher since many states have decided to widen the lockdown.
Coronavirus deaths have soared across the world despite heightened restrictions, as India shut down 13 states and 80 districts, Germany banned gatherings of more than two people and Chancellor Angela Merkel went into quarantine.
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