Pawan Kalyan donates Rs 2 cr to PM & CM relief funds for fight against COVID-19

Actor turned politician & Jana Sena chief Pawan Kalyan on Thursday anunced that he will be donating a sum of Rs 2 crore to Chief Minister and Prime Minister's relief fund to fight against vel coronavirus. Taking to Twitter Kalyan said that he would donate a sum of Rs 50 lakh each to Andhra Pradesh and Telangana government to help fight pandemic. Pawan Kalyan is currently in self-isolation at his home in Hyderabad.

Donates sum of Rs 2 cr

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In addition to Rs 1 crore donation to two-state governments, he has also agreed to contribute ar Rs 1 crore to Prime Minster's relief fund for coronavirus crisis.

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India under lockdown

In his address to nation on Tuesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi anunced a 21-day lockdown in entire country effective from midnight to deal with spread of coronavirus, saying that "social distancing" is only option to deal with disease, which spreads rapidly. 

As of date, India has reported over 650 confirmed positive cases of COVID-19. Meanwhile, 13 people have died so far due to deadly virus. Along with it, presently, re are around 471,687 confirmed cases of COVID-19 which has led to death of around 21,297 people. Meanwhile, around 114,696 have reportedly been recovered.

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