Prime Minister’s video conference with Heads of Indian Missions

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New Delhi : Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a video conference with the Heads of all of India’s Embassies and High Commissions worldwide at 5 pm on March 30, 2020. This conference—the first such event for Indian Missions worldwide—was convened to discuss responses to the global COVID-19 pandemic.

The Prime Minister noted that extraordinary times require extraordinary solutions, which was why even in this globalised era, most of the world had quarantined itself. This was an unavoidable step taken to fight this pandemic, but it was also hugely consequential, as the closure of the globalised system has had an extensive and far-reaching impact on the international transport system, financial markets, and the global economy.

PM Modi said that India had taken unprecedented and early steps in response to this pandemic from mid-January this year to reduce the risk of importing the infection, and thereafter to prevent a large outbreak.  This included the world’s largest quarantine and lock-down, implemented by India, according to a PIB release.

The Prime Minister complimented Heads of Missions for their efforts to evacuate Indians stranded abroad in some of the epicentres of the crisis.