PM Modi underlines 1, 2 3  moves India made…

PM Modi underlines 1, 2 3  moves India made quicker or differently, than other nations

India, Modi claimed, stood far better compared to many countries, with 25-30 times fewer cases.

Indians have been dealing with Covid-19 like trained soldiers, PM Narendra Modi said today during his much-awaited address to the nation.

The PM chose the occasion, where he extended the ongoing corona virus lockdown till May 3, to hail citizens of India for strictly adhering to it despite obvious hardships.

India has acquitted herself creditably well in the fight against the highly-contagious corona virus, PM Modi said. He said it was primarily a result of three things that the country did differently than others.

1) The first shield India put up, according to Modi, was that India began screening of flyers coming in from foreign countries even before there was a single Covid-19 case in the country. This was in stark contrast with America and some European countries that took much longer to put such restrictions in place.

2) Then, before India’s Covid count reached 100, the government made 14-day isolation mandatory for those who were coming in from other countries, especially those already clearly under virus attack.

Besides, around the same time, public facilities like cinemas, theaters and clubs were ordered closed — a move Modi said played a significant role in keeping infections limited.
 
3) Then came the 21-day lockdown, which the government brought into force before the country reached the 550-mark in positive Covid cases. According to the PM, this was a decisive move that made sure India fared better than most other countries in terms of flattening the curve.

Comparison with others isn’t good in such matters, but some realities can’t be overlooked, Modi said. He added that the crucial time India bought itself by making the above moves early was the reason why many other nations were overwhelmed, and India was not.

The manageable stage that India is currently in would have been unimaginable without this timely, holistic and integrated approach, Modi insisted.

He used an example to drive his point home: India was at the the same place as many other nations around a month ago. But now, India stands far better compared to those countries — with 25-30 times fewer cases.

The path of distancing and lockdown that India took turned out to be the best course, and the dividends are there for all to see, said the PM. It has proved costly from an economy perspective, but it is being talked about across the world, he added.

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