Indian Marine officer stranded in Japan sends SOS video to PM Modi asking for help

Amid globally increasing Coronavirus cases, an Indian Marine Officer stranded in Japan has appealed Prime Minister Narendra Modi to rescue him. 26-year-old Indian Marine officer Abhay Som from Uttar Presh's Meerut city has been stranded on a ship at Japan's Funabhashi for 20 days.

He has sent an SOS video of appeal to  Ministry of Foreign affairs, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and a news ncy. In video, Abhay narrates incident about being stranded on a ship in Japan and being scarred for life. He has also appealed to Indian government to save him at earliest. Informing about his health, he stated that so far he remains to be unaffected from virus, but if he continued to remain on ship, he could get infected.

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According to stranded Abhay, he is an only Indian on ship with 11 Chinese nationals. He has alleged his company Blue Whale Maritime of misleing Indian embassy in Japan, and his family about contract. Som was travelling from China to Japan when his ship was stopped from entering Japan due to Coronavirus.

ding furr, he informed about being scared of increasing Coronavirus cases and also stated that his company is t relieving him even after end of his contract with  company. Som also said that he has interacted with Anil S. Kalra at India embassy in Japan, but his employer is misleing Embassy by saying that contract has t ended. 

Meanwhile, Abhay Som's family says that y have kcked on every possible government door, but haven't received any relief. 

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Current situation of Coronavirus in India

India has reported at least 43 positive cases of Coronavirus to date, (3 positive cases from Kerala which are w discharged), out of which 40 are active cases of COVID-19 in country. 4 (Four) new cases of COVID-19 have been reported since yesterday’s update – 1 from Kerala, 1 from Delhi, 1 from Uttar Presh and 1 (One) from Jammu, and 16 people in Rajasthan who were in contact with an Italian couple in Jaipur. India initiated required preparedness and action since January 17 at field level, while WHO raised level of global risk to a "very high" on February 20, 2020.

whole number of people, who were diagsed with COVID-19, has reached 109,343, including 80,904 people in China. So far, 3,123 people have lost ir lives in China alone due to virus. 

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(With ncy inputs)