Posted on 03/24/2020 8:45:22 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi ordered citizens not to leave their homes starting at midnight local time to combat the spread of COVID-19.
“To save India, every citizen of India is being banned from 12 o'clock tonight, on exiting homes, completely,” Modi said in a series of tweets Tuesday.
The shutdown will be enforced for the next 21 days, Modi said. Like many other large countries, provinces in India have enacted varying levels of lockdowns and curfews.
As U.S. health officials have also noted, Modi said that the lockdown is an effort to ensure the country's limited medical resources do not run out during the pandemic.
“Some people are under the misconception that social distancing is only necessary for sick people. It is not right to think. Social distancing is for every citizen, for every family, for every member of the family,” he tweeted.
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Doesn’t he know that this is the flu?
Modi apparently thinks that 21 days is the proper cycle for this to run its course. That’s encouraging actually.
“Doesn’t he know that this is the flu?”
That is the problem!
Have we not been told something about what’s going on there?
At any given moment there are at least 15 diseases circulating in India that are worse than this one.
The issue, as it is everywhere, is a surge of sick patients overwhelming the healthcare system.
Every internet PhD/MD I've read over the past two months knows this!
Complete lockdown for 21 days? There will be a run on the stores for supplies for sure.
What are they going to eat?
Is he allowing grocery stores to remain open
If it gets a hokd in india there could massive dead. But since they make pharmaceuticals they probably have a cure there
Over 1 BILLION PEOPLE. This will be interesting................pass the curry..............
I’m surprised it isn’t already a problem there.
“The issue, as it is everywhere, is a surge of sick patients overwhelming the healthcare system.”
For the first time (blonde Lady on POTUS task force) admitted we had not planned on a new virus on top of a heavy flu load.
It’s 9:30 pm in India now. With the stay-inside order (announced at the last minute) in effect at midnight their time, imagine the chaos in the shops & stores now!
Reflections in the midst of extreme poverty and filth... trip in India [Warning: Graphic]
That would be 'Debbie' as Trump sometimes calls her, or Colonel (Dr) Deborah Birx.
Sounds like their troubles are just about to begin...
it’s just the flu bro. Everybody should party, go out and mingle.
No, you have.
India right now has 550 detected cases and 10 dead. All those cases flew in from out of the country. It is hoped that the heat will stop the virus
But the Indian government is trying to stay ahead of the curve and prevent the spread of the virus.
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