Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami has ordered the extension of the complete lockdown.Tamil Nadu is the seventh state to announce the extension of the lockdown. Earlier, Maharashtra, Punjab, Odisha, Rajasthan, West Bengal and Telangana had extended the lockdown till April 30. PM Modi, who held a four-hour meet on Saturday, indicated that the lockdown amid the COVID-19 pandemic would be extended by two weeks after considering the requests of the chief ministers, who preferred a longer containment period.
Tomorrow Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the nation at 10 AM in the morning. The announcement about the PM address was made on the official Twitter handle of the PMO. On Saturday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi met 13 chief ministers to take a call on extending the period of lockdown to control the spread of coronavirus. On March 24, PM Modi has announced a 21-day nation-wide shutdown to mitigate the spread of Covid-19