India has imposed a nationwide lockdown for 1.3 billion people in an attempt to slow the spread of the deadly coronavirus.
The country’s prime minister, Narendra Modi made the announcement during a live televised address to the nation on Tuesday evening, saying the restrictions will apply from midnight local time (18:30 GMT) and will be enforced for 21 days and would apply to all of India’s 36 states and territories.
“From 12 midnight today [1830 GMT Tuesday], the entire country will be in lockdown, total lockdown,”
“To save India, to save its every citizen, you, your family… every street, every neighbourhood is being put under lockdown,” he said, putting nearly one-fifth of the world’s population under lockdown.
“You have seen the worldwide situations arising from the coronavirus pandemic in the news. You have also seen how the most powerful nations have become helpless in the face of this pandemic,”
Modi said that the measures are necessary to protect…
Source: Linda Ikeji
