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India PM Modi orders one-day nationwide virus curfew
NEW DELHI, March 19, 2020 (BSS/AFP) – India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi
on Thursday ordered the country’s 1.3 billion population to follow a one-day
curfew to combat the coronavirus pandemic.
Modi said in an address to the nation that the curfew would be on Sunday
from 7:00am to 9:00pm to test the giant country’s ability to take tough
measures against what he called a growing crisis.
The measure would be “in the interest of the country to follow and prepare
us for future challenges.”
India has reported 173 positive virus cases and four deaths.
BSS/AFP/ARS/2116 hrs