Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday chaired the weekly cabinet meeting at 7 Lok Kalyan Marg in Delhi. During the meeting, the ministers were seen seated at a distance from each other, maintaining social distancing as a measure to counter coronavirus. In his address to the nation last evening as well as last week, the prime minister emphasized the need to maintain social distancing to keep coronavirus in check. At least a distance ofone metre must be maintained to ensure safety from the infection.“Experts are saying that social distancing is the only way to deal with the coronavirus crisis across the globe. There is no other way to deal with coronavirus and we need to save ourselves. And we have to break the cycle of its infection,” thePrime Minister said yesterday.

PM Modi called out people to remove all doubts about who hasto follow the practice of social distancing.“Some people are under theimpression that social distancing is only for Covid-19 patients — it is forevery member of the family and even the prime minister. And the wrongimpressions and thoughts can bring a lot of trouble to their families, friendsand even the entire country,” he said.“People will have to pay dearly and it willbe unimaginable,” he warned.

Over 500 people have been infected by Covid-19 in thecountry while 10 people have lost their lives. The prime minister has announceda 21-week long nationwide lockdown to break the cycle of coronavirus infectionsin the country.