Covid: PM Modi holds video conference with CMs, Pinarayi Vijayan skips meeting
New Delhi/IBNS: A meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and several Chief Ministers which is expected to discuss an exit from the anti-Coronavirus lockdown is underway on Monday.
At least nine Chief Ministers are expected to speak to the PM.
The meeting was given a miss by Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan who has sent his Chief Secretary to hear from Modi who is accompanied by Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Health Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan and several top officials during the video conference.
India, a country of 1.3 billion people, is going through an unprecedented 40-day lockdown which was initially called for three weeks.
CM Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray in an on going video conference with the Hon’ble Prime Minister @narendramodi ji, Union Home Minister @AmitShah ji along with the Chief Ministers of other States on further steps to be taken to beat Coronavirus. pic.twitter.com/4xwBcQSfPj
— CMO Maharashtra (@CMOMaharashtra) April 27, 2020
To stem the spread of the pandemic virus, Modi on Mar 24 had announced a lockdown of 21 days but he was left with no other option but to extend it till May 3 in the wake of the further surge in Covid-19 cases.
Keeping in view of the humanitarian crisis caused by the shutdown which has left the daily wagers and migrant labourers to suffer, the central government has announced several relaxations post Apr 20.
The relaxations, however, have barred opening of barbers' shop, salons, beauty parlours, restaurants.
As per the government update, 27,892 people including 6,185 cured and 872 deceased have so far been infected with the contagion in India.
Image Credit: Maharashtra CMO Twitter
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