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MyNameIsKhan

(2,205 posts)
Tue Mar 24, 2020, 11:06 AM Mar 2020

India locks down for 21 days... and we are unlocking in middle of crisis

https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/pm-modi-to-address-nation-on-coronavirus-shortly/story-aR7ugx57A8sRiXX5MHAcpL.html


Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday announced complete lockdown of the entire country, as part of government’s stringent efforts to tackle coronavirus disease Covid-19.

“Today, I am going to announce a very important measure in our fight against Covid-19. The entire country will be under lockdown from today. The complete lockdown will come into effect from midnight tonight,” PM Modi said in his address to the nation.

This lockdown will be in place for 21 days and more strongent than Janta Curfew, he added.

The Prime Minister described the situation in different countries due to the pandemic that has infected more than 3.5 lakh people and killed over 16,000.

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India locks down for 21 days... and we are unlocking in middle of crisis (Original Post) MyNameIsKhan Mar 2020 OP
They were hand stamping people who came back from travel and asking them to self quarantine lunasun Mar 2020 #1

lunasun

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1. They were hand stamping people who came back from travel and asking them to self quarantine
Tue Mar 24, 2020, 11:11 AM
Mar 2020

Too many cases of people hiding the stamps and trying to travel . Then I think a curfew not working They have about 500 cases but it could get bad there so I think he knows to stop it now as much as possible

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