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KCR says country's only weapon against Covid-19 is lockdown, asks PM for extension
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Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao on Monday suggested that the nationwide lockdown should be extended for a couple of weeks to contain the spread of coronavirus.
He appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to extend the lockdown beyond April 14 for one or two weeks. "I am appealing to the Prime Minister and Government of India to extend lockdown without hesitation.
Lockdown is the only weapon we have to control the spread of this disease and avoid a situation which countries like the US, Spain and Italy are facing," he told a news conference.
KCR, as Rao is popularly known, said though the country's economy would suffer because of lockdown, it can be revived by working hard and by making sacrifices over next six
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