Nationwide lockdown has drawn ‘Lakshman Rekha’ at your doorsteps : PM tells nation

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New Delhi : PM Narendra Modi while announcing complete lockdown in the country 2020 for 21 days to ensure social distancing to check spread of novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) on March 24, 2020, night, told the nation that carelessness of a few, ill-conceived notions of a few, can put the entire country in grave jeopardy. It will be impossible to estimate the price India will have to pay if this carelessness continues, he said. Social distancing is necessary for each citizen, for each family, and for each member of the family, PM Modi said in his address to the nation.

“All of you are listening to and watching news items regarding Corona Global Pandemic situation around the world. All of you are also witnessing how the most advanced countries of the world have been rendered absolutely helpless by this pandemic. It is not that these countries are not putting in adequate efforts or they lack resources. The Coronavirus is spreading at such a rapid pace that despite all the preparations and efforts, these countries are finding it hard to manage the crisis. The analysis of happenings in all these countries for the last two months, and the opinion of experts has proved that there is only one way to effectively deal with Coronavirus – Social Distancing. That is, maintain physical distance with others and stay within the confines of one’s home. There is no other method or way to escape Coronavirus. If we want to restrict spread of Coronavirus, we will have to break its chain of infection. Some people are under the delusion that social distancing is essential only for sick people. It is wrong to make those assumptions,” the PM said.

In order to protect the country, and each of its citizens, from March 24, 2020, midnight, a full ban is being imposed on people from stepping out of their homes. All the States in the country, all the Union Territories, each district, each municipality, each village, each locality is being put under lockdown.

“This is like a curfew only. This will be a few levels more than Janata-Curfew, and also stricter. This is a necessary step in the decisive fight against Corona Pandemic. The nation will have to certainly pay an economic cost because of this lockdown. However, to save life of each and every Indian is mine, Government of India’s, each state Government’s, each local unit’s top most priority. Hence, It is my plea to you to continue staying wherever you are right now in the country. Considering the circumstances at present, this lockdown will last 21 days. The next 21 days are of critical importance for us,” PM Modi said

“As per health experts, a period of at least 21 days is extremely critical to break infection chain of Coronavirus. If situation is not handled in these 21 days, the country and your family could go back 21 years. If situation is not handled in these 21 days, several families will get devastated forever. Stay inside your home, stay inside your home, and do just one thing- stay inside your home. This decision of a nationwide lockdown that has been taken today has drawn a ‘Lakshman Rekha’ at your doorsteps. You must remember, that a single step outside your home can bring a dangerous pandemic like Corona inside. You must also remember that at times, a person infected with Corona may seem to be completely healthy in the beginning, since it is not evident that the person is infected,”the PM said.

By the way, the people who are staying at home, are employing new methods over social media to disseminate information in an innovative manner, he said. “There is one banner that I also liked, which I would like all of you to see. Corona, i.e., Koi Road pe Na Nikle (no one should go out on the road),” the PM said. According to a World Health Organization’s report, a person infected with this virus can transmit this to hundreds of people within the span of 7 to 10 days, he said..

It took 67 days for the count of people infected with Corona to reach the 1^st one lakh across the world. After this, it took only 11 days for another one lakh people to get infected. ” Think, it took 67 days for it to infect one lakh people at first, but only 11 days to reach a total of two lakh people. This is even more alarming that it took only 4 days for this disease to reach three lakh people from the count of two lakh. You can imagine how rapidly Coronavirus spreads. This is the reason that situation became uncontrollable when Coronavirus started spreading in countries such as China, US, France, Germany, Spain, Italy and Iran. Also remember, whether it is Italy or US, the healthcare services in these countries are considered to be among the best in the world,” PM Modi said.