New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the nation at 8 pm tonight on issues relating to the COVID-19 pandemic. This is Modi’s second address to countrymen in less than a week as India is ramping up efforts to curtail the spread of the highly contagious virus.
“Will address the nation at 8 PM today, 24th March 2020, on vital aspects relating to the menace of COVID-19,” read a tweet by the Prime Minister.
In his previous address to the nation on Thursday, the Prime Minister had urged people to follow a ‘Janta Curfew’ on Sunday which was, by and large, a success as citizens remained indoors. As of now, almost the entire country is under lockdown to restrict public movement in a bid to break the chain of transmission of coronavirus.
Prime Minister Modi will also communicate with the people of his Lok Sabha constituency — Varanasi — on March 25 to discuss the situation arising out of coronavirus pandemic.