India Fighting Coronavirus Unitedly: Modi

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday that his government has been battling a single front to combat the coronavirus crisis over the past few months.

Modi made the remarks in his monthly speech to the country on the radio on Sunday, Xinhua reports.

The rural regions of India have come up as a light of direction for the whole country, Modi said.

He said the hazards of COVID-19 are far from being over as it is spreading fast in many places.

"We need to be extra vigilant. We have to keep it in mind that Coronavirus is as fatal today as it was in the beginning - that's why we have to be fully cautious," he said in his 67th edition of the radio programme "Mann Ki Baat" (Talk from Heart).

"Wearing a face mask, using a light towel to cover, two-yard distancing, frequently washing hands, avoiding spitting anywhere, taking full care of hygiene and sanitation - these are our weapons to protect us from Corona," he added.

He said that during the pandemic, the rural regions of India have emerged as a light of encouragement for the entire country.

Many reports of successful actions by local residents are coming to the fore, the Prime Minister said.

India, the third-most affected nation, recorded 1,435,616 confirmed coronavirus cases with 32,771 fatalities, according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University.