As the 21-day nationwide lockdown ends Tuesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced Monday that he will address the nation at 10 am.
As soon as the prime minister’s office made the announcement about the address that is expected to spell out the future course of action, here’s how people on Twitter reacted:
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The address comes after a broad consensus emerged during a meeting between PM Modi and chief ministers to extend the lockdown.
Following the meeting, Odisha became the first state to extend a state-wide lockdown till April 30. Punjab followed suit and also extended the lockdown till May 1. Since then the states of Maharashtra, Karnataka, Telangana and West Bengal have extended lockdowns.
The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in India crossed the 9,000-mark Monday, with nearly 1.85 million people are infected globally. (Track LIVE UPDATES here)