PM Modi appeals Indians to take lockdown seriously, says 'save yourself and your families'

लॉकडाउन को अभी भी कई लोग गंभीरता से नहीं ले रहे हैं। कृपया करके अपने आप को बचाएं, अपने परिवार को बचाएं, निर्देशों का गंभीरता से पालन करें। राज्य सरकारों से मेरा अनुरोध है कि वो नियमों और कानूनों का पालन करवाएं।

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) March 23, 2020

The tweet of PM Modi has come a day after a countrywide lockdown was announced by the government in a bid to tackle the COVID-19 infection.

On Sunday, the Modi government also announced that public transport facilities like all passenger trains and inter-state bus and Metro services would remain suspended till March 31.

Additionally, several state governments announced the lockdowns in their respective territories, which include Delhi, Punjab, Jharkhand, Nagaland, among others.

While some state governments have announced lockdown in several districts in Bihar, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, and West Bengal. On the other hand, Maharashtra, Kerala, Rajasthan, West Uttarakhand had announced partial or complete lockdown earlier.

Meanwhile in India, 390 cases of coronavirus have been reported and the death toll has risen to 7 as three more deaths due to COVID-19 were reported on Sunday.

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