His appeal comes hours after the government announced it was barring all international flights. FMTNews Virus Modi
An Indian man watches Prime Minister Narendra Modi address the nation in a televised speech about Covid-19.
“We are a developing nation and for a country like us, this corona crisis is not an ordinary thing,” Modi said Thursday evening in an address to the nation, noting the pandemic had hit India’s economy. India joined a growing list of countries effectively sealing its borders for overseas flights to prevent an outbreak.
Indian airlines including Vistara, an affiliate of Singapore Airlines Ltd and Go Airlines India Ltd, have already suspended all overseas flights, and budget carrier SpiceJet Ltd has withdrawn most international services.The federal health ministry maintained there has been no community transmission of the disease so far, while advising hospitals to avoid admission of non-urgent cases and minimise elective surgeries to hospital-related infections.
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