Indians crowded grocery stores and chemists on Wednesday in a struggle for essential items. Prime Minister Narendra Modi then gave a serious warn.
According to reuters.com, he have announced that India will lockdown fore three weeks to fight a coronavirus pandemic.
India’s tally of 536 cases and 10 deaths. Modi and health experts have warned. The nation of 1.3 billion people faces a tidal wave of infections if harsh steps are not taken.
People in the key cities of Delhi, Mumbai and Bengaluru rushed to stock up after Modi decreed the shutdown in a speech televised nationwide, barely four hours before it took effect.
As states shut their borders, long queues of trucks carrying milk, fruits and vegetables snaked down highways. Modi said that the government will maintain the essential services for countrywide.
On the other hand, Ram Agarwal, a grocer in Delhi was not sure. “There are no clear instructions, police are telling us to close down the shop.”
As India will lockdown its country, some of the groceries won’t be available. For India e-commerce firm, it will join the lockdown and announce on its website. For instance, Amazon India’s pantry service, which delivers, groceries, was also not available in several cities. In addition, Walmart Inc’s Flipkart also has suspended services.
Modi’s sweeping action aims to rein in the spread of the virus in India’s many small towns after a first wave of infections in Delhi, the capital, the commercial hub of Mumbai, and other big cities.
Overall, nobody in the world’s biggest India democracy will be allowed to leave home for the next three weeks, Modi said.
