The government needed to take "extraordinary" and "unprecedented" measures like a nationwide lockdown for three weeks to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 30th March (Monday). The government denied a community outbreak of the disease.
“It took 12 days for cases to rise from 100 to 1,000 in our country, whereas seven other developed nations having lesser population than us have seen multiple increases,” said Lav Agarwal, joint secretary in the health ministry, at a press conference in Delhi.
The government made the statements as India’s cumulative coronavirus infections have breached the 1,000 mark. The country is entering a crucial phase in this outbreak, with the number of daily cases also growing in triple digits for the last three days.
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