Let's break the Coronavirus chain; nation under 21-day lockdown

Prime Minister Narendra Modi who on Tuesday announced a lock down across the entire country for 21 days to combat the spread of the Novel Coronavirus Covid19 said that the disease took only four days to infect another one lakh people across the worldIn a special address to the nation Modi said Covid19 took 67 days to spread to one lakh people To reach two lakh people it took 11 days But it took only four days to reach another lakh taking the total spread to three lakh Modi said pointing out the study by the World Health Organisation WHO on the spread of the Covid19 pandemic globallyTrains are seen parked at Guwahati railway station yard after the government enforced a lockdown in the wake of the Coronavirus pandemic on Tuesday PicPTIThe Prime Minister said that when the Coronavirus starts spreading then it is very tough to stop it This is the reason why China US France Spain Germany Italy Iran and other countries where the Covid19 spread the situation went out of control he said He said that experts say that if today any person has been infected with Covid19 then it will take some days to show its symptomThe man with Covid19 then transmits that to a number of other people And according to the WHO reports due to this pandemic one person can transmit the disease to hundreds of people as it spreads like fire Modi saidPointing out the better medical facilities in western countries he said Remember that the health sector and health facilities in Italy and US are the best in the world and they are considered the best Despite that they were unable to stop the spread of Covid19 In this situation there is no way to stop itManipur reports first Coronavirus caseA 23yearold woman tested positive for the Coronavirus in Manipur the first confirmed case in the Northeast a top state health department official said The woman a resident of Thangmeiband Lourung Purel Leikai area had recently returned from the UK a statement issued by Health Services Director K Rajo Singh saidShaheen Bagh protest site clearedThe 101daylong Shaheen Bagh protest that was termed as the heart of antiCAA protests in India was cleared by the Delhi Police around 7 am on Tuesday morning Police say the site had to be cleared following the outbreak of COVID19 and the curfew imposed in DelhiRlys to pay contractual outsourced staffIn view of the COVID19 crisis the Indian Railways announced it shall make the payment to the contractual and outsourced railway staff during the period of the suspension of the passenger train services The Railway Board said this to the employees through a circularEC defers Rajya Sabha electionsThe Election Commission has deferred the Rajya Sabha polls scheduled for March 26 an official statement The election to fill up 55 seats in the Upper House of Parliament was to be held on March 26 but 37 candidates from 10 states have already been elected without a contestCatch up on all the latest Crime National International and Hatke news here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updatesThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever