Monday, 06 Apr 2020 07:00 AM MYT
Modi, who imposed a three-week long nationwide lockdown on March 25, asked all citizens to turn out their lights for nine minutes at 9pm local time yesterday, and to display lamps and candles in a show of solidarity. Some officials have warned that lockdowns could continue beyond April 14 in parts of India where new cases have been detected.
The move came even as US President Donald Trump urged Modi in a phone call to release supplies of anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine, which is being tested as a possible treatment for patients with Covid-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. While the figures are relatively low in comparison with the United States, China, Italy and Spain, health experts fear that the spread of the pandemic in South Asia could overwhelm already weak public health systems in the region.
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