PM Narendra Modi speech LIVE updates: Let's save ourselves from lockdown
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is addressing the nation on the prevailing Covid-19 situation in the country. This comes soon after PM Modi interacted with top vaccine manufacturers in the country . In the meeting, the prime minister urged the vaccine manufacturers to continuously scale up their production capacity so that all Indians could be vaccinated against Covid-19 at the earliest. PM Narendra Modi's address to the nation on Covid-19 comes at a time when India is seeing an exponential spike in its Covid-19 cases, while deaths too are increasing. For several days now, India has been recording more than 2 lakh fresh coronavirus cases every day. The active case tally has crossed the 16 lakh mark and several states have reported a shortage of ICU beds, ventilators, and medical oxygen to treat Covid-19 patients. LIVE updates on PM Narendra Modi's speech 9.02 pm: PM Modi said, "In today's situation, we have to save the country from lockdown. I appeal to the states tha