PM Modi praises citizens' efforts to fight COVID-19

6 Apr 2020

PM Modi praises citizens’ efforts to fight COVID-19

PM Modi praises citizens’ efforts to fight COVID-19The number of COVID-19 cases in India has crossed 4,000. Maharashtra is currently the most affected.

Prime Minister Modi has praised citizens' efforts to fight the disease.

On 5 April at 9 pm, as announced by him, millions of Indians across the country also switched off lights at their homes and lit candles or turned on mobile phone torches to show the nation’s “collective resolve and solidarity”.

What are the efforts being made on the ground?

The Women and Child Development Ministry is holding online classes with Anganwadi workers who work for the safety of pregnant women and new mothers, especially in rural areas.
 	In Haryana, all students from class 1 to 8 are being promoted automatically.
 	Universities are setting up mental health helplines to help students cope during this time.
 	The Kerala-based United Nurses Association has approached the Supreme Court asking for more health and safety protections for nurses.
 	Delhi plans to start drive-by testing facilities where testing can be done quickly and efficiently.
 	17 community radio networks are working to spread information on COVID-19 to rural people in Odisha as they may not all have free access to the internet or TV.

The director of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in New Delhi says that the most important way to stop a coronavirus outbreak, especially in slums, will be everyone's united efforts.

What is the situation globally?

Over 1.2 million people have tested positive for COVID-19 worldwide.
 	The US is the worst affected.
 	The Bronx zoo in New York, US reported its first-ever case of coronavirus transmission from humans to animals after a tiger got sick.
 	China has removed its lockdown but people are still cautious about going out.

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