The Centre on Tuesday (September 15) responded in writing to Congress chief Manish Tiwari’s query why the nationwide lockdown was imposed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on simply 4 hours discover.
The federal government stated that this step was taken on the advice of specialists as there was a hazard of unfold of coronavirus COVID-19 as a result of motion of individuals.
Congress MP Tiwari had requested, “What are the explanations resulting from which the lockdown was imposed on solely 4 hours discover on March 23? What was the hurry that the lockdown was imposed in such a brief interval within the nation? Has the lockdown been in a position to cease COVID-19?”
Minister of State for House Nityananda Rai stated in a written reply on behalf of the federal government that after the coronavirus outbreak on January 7, the federal government had taken a number of measures to forestall the unfold of COVID-19, together with ban on worldwide flights, issuing advisory to the general public, quarantine services and so forth.
The federal government stated that any mass motion of individuals would have unfold the illness very quickly amongst individuals of all components of the nation. Therefore, a nationwide lockdown was introduced on March 24 to forestall coronavirus within the nation after taking into consideration the worldwide expertise.
Rai stated in his written reply that India efficiently foiled the aggressive unfold of COVID-19 by imposing a nationwide lockdown. He added that the lockdown helped the nation develop the required extra well being infrastructure.
There was a 22 instances enhance in isolation beds and 14 instances in ICU beds as in comparison with their availability in March 2020. On the identical time, the capability of laboratories was additionally elevated ten instances. Rai additionally stated in his written reply that the nation would have registered 14-29 lakh extra circumstances if the federal government had not imposed the lockdown.
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