PM Narendra Modi to address the nation at 8 pm today
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be addressing the nation at 8 pm on Tuesday. It comes a day after PM Narendra Modi interacted with the Chief Ministers of all the States and Union Territories in the country to discuss the road ahead in India’s fight against COVID-19. The last time Prime Minister had addressed the nation was on April 14.
PM Modi said that “We now have a reasonably clear indication as to the geographical spread of the pandemic in India, including worst affected areas. Over the past few weeks, officials have understood operating procedures in a time such as this, right up to the District level." PM said that "This understanding of the spread of COVID-19 will help the country in having a focused fight against it. And therefore, we can now further focus our strategy in this battle against coronavirus, as should be the case."
PM Modi said that now the effort should be to stop the spread of the COVID-19 to rural areas. Prime Minister said the suggestions made by the states for a road map on the economy have been given due consideration. "We have a twofold challenge – to reduce the transmission rate of the disease, and to increase public activity gradually while adhering to all the guidelines, and we will have to work towards achieving both these objectives," said PM Modi.
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PMO stated that several of them pointed out that with the return of migrants, there is a need to concentrate on strict implementation of the social distancing guidelines, usage of masks, and sanitization in order to curb the spread through fresh infection, especially in rural areas. Meanwhile, PM Modi said that "I request you all to share with me by May 15, a broad strategy on how each one of you would want to deal with lockdown regime in your particular states. I want states to make a blueprint on how to deal with various nuances during and after a gradual easing of lockdown."
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PM Modi also said that we must understand that the world has fundamentally changed post-COVID-19. "Now the World will be Pre-Corona, Post-Corona just like in the case of the World Wars. And this would entail significant changes in how we function," he added. He also said that "I am of the firm view that the measures needed in the first phase of lockdown were not needed during the 2nd phase and similarly the measures needed in the 3rd Phase are not needed in the fourth."
-PTC News
