Prime Minister Narendra Modi has issued a stark appeal for India’s regional authorities not to impose state lockdowns, as the country reported more than 200,000 new Covid-19 cases for the sixth straight day on Tuesday.
“We have to save this country from lockdown. I appeal to [Indian] states to consider lockdowns only as a last resort,” Modi said, as he addressed the nation of more than 1.3 billion people.
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