NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address Indian envoys via video link later Monday on coronavirus outbreak and India’s internal and external response to the crisis, a person familiar with the development said.
Modi’s move follows a similar conference call by Indian foriegn minister S Jaishankar some days ago. With covid-19 infections inching towards the 750,000 mark worldwide and causing more than 34,000 deaths, the pandemic has become an unprecedented challenge for all governments.
In India, the death toll due to the coronavirus hit 29 and the number of infections were at over 1,000. India has evacuated more than 2,000 people from covid-19 hotspots across the world and many hundreds more by flights operated by governments of
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