PM Narendra Modi holds video-conference with CMs as coronavirus death toll reaches 50 in India
Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a video-conference on Thursday with all the chief ministers to discuss the ways to combat the spread of coronavirus. Meanwhile, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and top bureaucrats were also present.
As per the sources, the contact racing of those feared to be diagnosed with the pandemic and isolation of those who test positive for the novel coronavirus is likely to be discussed during the meeting.
Meanwhile, the spread of coronavirus, movement of migrants, availability of essentials and contact tracing of Tablighi Jamat participants are some of the issues likely to come up for discussion. It is for the second time the Prime Minister Narendra Modi is holding a video-conference with all the chief ministers amid coronavirus crisis and for the first time after the 21-day lockdown was announced by the PM.
Earlier, PM Narendra Modi interacted with CMs on March 20. The nationwide lockdown was enforced on March 24. The total number of coronavirus cases in India has reached 1,965 with the death toll rising to 50. The novel coronavirus has been declared as a global pandemic by the World Health Organisation (WHO) earlier in March.
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Meanwhile, 937,941 cases have been reported across the world so far out of which 195,188 patients have been recovered. As per the report, 47,273 people have died so due to the pandemic across the world.
-PTC News
