mo4ch:>‘The value of your lives is supreme’: Modi extends India’s nationwide Covid-19 lockdown until May 3 as country tops 10,000 cases | Mo4ch News

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced an extension for the country’s coronavirus lockdown, noting that while social distancing is working, another month of restrictions is needed as the nation fights the pandemic.The prolonged lockdown came on Tuesday morning, with the PM telling citizens in a national address that their efforts were paying off, but that India is still not ready to lift its national quarantine.Initially imposed in late March for 21 days, the measures are now set expire on May 3, Modi said, adding however that restrictions in some areas may be relaxed.These measures have come at a huge price, but the value of your lives is supreme“Until April 20th, all districts, localities and states will be closely monitored, as to how strictly they are implementing norms,” Modi said, noting that after that point, states with manageable outbreaks will be “allowed to let some important activities resume, but with certain conditions.”Affecting wide swaths of the country’s m…