A man walks past closed shops in the wake of deadly coronavirus in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh
Coronavirus updates: Roads were empty and public transport and markets closed in India as millions put themselves under a 14-hour long voluntary curfew on Sunday to limit the fast-spreading coronavirus epidemic in the country, where 324 people have so far been found to have contracted the disease.
Meanwhile, a 63-year-old man died in Mumbai on Sunday, taking the death toll in Maharashtra to two. A 38-year-old man died in Bihar due to coronavirus.
Modi in a televised address to the nation last week urged citizens to stay indoors from 7am to 9pm--a move that he said would be a crucial test for a country to assess its abilities to fight the pandemic.
“Let us all be a part of this curfew, which will add tremendous strength to the fight against the COVID-19 menace,” Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted minutes before the 'Janta Curfew' commenced. “The steps we take now will help in the times to come,’ he said in the tweet.
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