Question

The Prime Minister of India announced a 21 day nationwide

Lockdown on 24th of March, 2020 to contain the spread of Covid—

19. Subsequently, this led to people resorting to panic buying of

commodities. Write an opinion expressing your opinion regarding

the situation in about 100 words. Your opinion is to be addressed

to an editor of a magazine
​

Answer 1

Answer: Subsequent to the PM’s speech, the Union home ministry, in an unprecedented move, announced shutting down all government and private establishments, apart from those involved in essential services, and all modes of transport, during the duration of the lockdown.

The PM said unless India’s 1.3 billion people practised social distancing, and the “chain of its spread not broken” within these 21 days, the coronavirus outbreak could push the country back by 21 years, and several families would be devastated forever.

The nationwide lockdown came into effect on Tuesday midnight and will continue until April 14.

Explanation: