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write about significance of India in fighting with coronavirus
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To contain the coronavirus, Modi has aimed to instill a strong sense of purpose in both the government and the public. The crisis may also afford India a moment for greater global leadership.
Coronavirus and Global Disorder
“We should all assume that social distancing is the only way” to combat the coronavirus, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced on March 24. To enforce the practice, he ordered the lockdown of the entire country for as long as twenty-one days. Over a billion people have been confined to their homes. For the prime minister, the rationale could not be clearer: “If you want to tame the spread of the virus,” he stressed, “the only way to do it is to break the cycle of transmission.
The urgent tenor of Modi’s speech marked a change in tone from only a few days ago. On March 19, during his first formal message on the new coronavirus, he advised Indians not to “lower [their] guards.” He gently urged his fellow citizens to remain “aware and alert,” and advised them to leave “their homes only if essential.” Within five days, he had dropped the notes of encouragement to emphasize the need for total enforcement, as India’s counts stood at 519 cases and 10 deaths.
These are not yet devastating numbers for a country as large as India, but complacency is exactly what Modi has warned against. “Believing that India won’t be affected by this pandemic is wrong,” he said.
Of the thousands of speeches Modi has delivered in his long political career, his addresses during the pandemic are among the most significant. He has been speaking to a nation anxiously looking for leadership. Every word was well chosen, every sentence designed to reach the far corners of the vast country he leads.