COVID-19: Rishi Kapoor, Anurag Kashyap, Riteish Deshmukh thank PM Modi for 21-Day Lockdown

Prime Minister Narendra Modi anunced 21-day complete lockdown in country from midnight on Tuesday in his address to nation. Prime Minister also emphasised on necessity of 'social distancing' and elaborated on need of hour to stay home.

Bollywood stars like Riteish Deshmukh, Neha Dhupia, Anurag Kashyap, Rishi Kapoor, and many ors took to ir social media handles to spread PM Modi's mess and supported 21 days lockdown.

As PM Modi anunces 21-day lockdown, Here are key highlights from his address

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PM Modi anunces 21-day pan-India lockdown

Amid rising Coronavirus cases in India, PM Modi, on Tuesday, anunced a 21-day curfew throughout India starting at midnight on Tuesday. He said that 21 days were necessary for breaking transmission cycle of pandemic. 21-day curfew is applicable to all states, districts, and vills - irrespective of wher y are currently under curfew or t. Currently, India's positive cases stand at 519, with ten deaths. 

"From midnight 12, across country, re will be countrywide lockdown in India. re will be a complete restriction of leaving out from residence.  All districts, vills will be locked down. This is curfew only -a stricter curfew than Janta curfew. We have to bear ecomic consequences because of this. But to save every Indian's life at this time is my and government's responsibility," said PM Modi. 

Stating that while India's ecomy will face a brunt, PM Modi said it was this responsibility to do this to save every Indian's life. Talking about how health experts stated that 21 days are necessary to ensure breaking chain transmission, he said se 21 days were most crucial. Explaining fallout for t handling next three weeks as catastrophic, he said that 'India will be set back by 21 years if 21 days are t handled'.