Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced a 21-day nationwide lockdown to prevent the spread of Covid-19. Social distancing has proven to be one of the most effective tools in curbing its spread.
Mint tries to quantify the economic costs associated with the lockdown A systematic spread of the disease across the country combined with the experience of other countries prompted the government to announce a nationwide lockdown.
The idea is to ensure social distancing and contain the spread of the coronavirus disease by restricting people to their homes.
The objective is to significantly reduce the number of active cases over the next three weeks to avoid community spread and prevent India from entering stage 3 of the pandemic.
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