PM Modi to Address Nation at 8 PM Tonight

New Delhi:

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, after holding a video conference with the State Chief Ministers on the current situation of COVID-19 and its impact on Monday, has decided to address the nation later today at 8 pm.

Taking to Twitter, the Prime Minister's office said, "PM Modi will be addressing the nation at 8 PM this evening."

This comes amid the speculations about an impending lockdown 4.0 as the nation struggles to cope with the COVID-19 outbreak.

The last time Modi had addressed the nation was on April 14 when he had announced the extension of the nationwide lockdown till May 3. The announcement of the third phase of lockdown till 17 May was done by the Union Ministry of Home Affairs.

India is currently in the third phase of lockdown which will end on May 17.

On Monday, PM Modi held a video conference meeting with Chief Ministers of all states to discuss the road ahead in India's fight against the novel coronavirus. He said the need was to reduce the transmission rate of Covid-19 and to increase public activity gradually while adhering to all the guidelines.

"I am of the firm view that the measures needed in the first phase of lockdown were not needed during the second phase and similarly the measures needed in the third phase are not needed in the fourth," the Prime Minister said.

This is a developing story. More details are awaited.

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