Modi Says India Has Been Able to Reduce Impact of Coronavirus

(Bloomberg) -- India has reduced the impact of the coronavirus epidemic with its lockdown strategy, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in an address to the nation on Tuesday, where he’s expected to announce an extension of the three-week nationwide closure.

The country “did not wait for a crisis to happen,” Modi said in his fourth address to the nation since infections began ticking up sharply in mid-March. “From the economic point of view the cost has been great. But comapred to the lives of Indians there can be no comparison.”

India has so far reported 10,453 infections and 358 deaths, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.

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