Janata Curfew | Narendra Modi thanks people for staying indoors, says battle not over
The HinduAn eerie silence descended on the country as millions of Indians stayed indoors on Sunday following a call given by Prime Minister Narendra Modi for a “people’s curfew” to break the transmission chain of the novel coronavirus. Janata Curfew | Updates Just before 5 p.m., sirens sounded in several cities and people came out onto the roads and balconies clapping their hands and banging steel plates to express gratitude to those providing essential services during this crisis. Coronavirus | Interactive map of confirmed coronavirus cases in India Appealing to the people to adhere to the new restrictions being imposed by the Centre and the State governments, Mr. Modi said people should not move out of their houses in the 80 districts where a “lockdown” had been declared. Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan warned that anti-social elements were “spreading misinformation that after #JanataCurfew ends, the deadly virus will be wished away”.