During the meeting, the ministers were seen seated at a distance from each other, maintaining social distancing as a measure to counter coronavirus
New Delhi| Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday chaired the weekly cabinet meeting at 7 Lok Kalyan Marg in Delhi. During the meeting, the ministers were seen seated at a distance from each other, maintaining social distancing as a measure to counter coronavirus.
All ministers were physically present at the PM’s residence for the Cabinet meeting and were seen sitting at a distance from each other.
Prime Minister Modi discussed the nationwide lockdown and measures to control the coronavirus pandemic that has already claimed 11 lives in the country.
The meeting came after PM Modi announced complete lockdown across the country for 21 days and urged Indians to practice social distancing at all cost.
India has so far recorded 560 confirmed cases of coronavirus with around 40 having recovered and discharged from hospitals.
In his address to the nation last evening as well as last week, the prime minister emphasized the need to maintain social distancing to keep coronavirus in check. At least a distance of one metre must be maintained to ensure safety from the infection.
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“Experts are saying that social distancing is the only way to deal with the coronavirus crisis across the globe. There is no other way to deal with coronavirus and we need to save ourselves. And we have to break the cycle of its infection,” the Prime Minister said yesterday.
People all over nation are trying to practise social distancing, here are some pictures:
But although limiting human-to-human interactions is the only way to control the spread of the coronavirus, public health experts say social distancing is not an option for the hundreds of millions in India’s unorganized sector. Tactics being employed in other countries are just aren’t possible here.
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