Former Indian quick bowler Irfan Pathan on Tuesday used some cricket analogies to urge everybody to proceed staying home and avoid getting contaminated with coronavirus which has claimed hundreds of lives the world over.
“The #coronavirus is like a bowling machine. It is controlled and bowling outside the off stump. As long as we aren’t touching the away going deliveries we will be fine and eventually we will save our wicket and save the Test match for our country… #stayhome #lockdown,” Pathan mentioned in his tweet.
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The #coronavirus is like a bowling https://t.co/vaSVnlHTq1 is managed and bowling outdoors the off stump. As lengthy as we aren’t touching the away going deliveries we shall be superb n finally we are going to save our wicket and save the take a look at match for our nation… #stayhome #lockdown
— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan) April 14, 2020
Earlier within the day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi introduced that the lockdown — that was initially put in place for 3 weeks — will now be prolonged until May 3.
In his handle to the nation, Modi supplied the states — a probability — “you will be monitored till April 20 and conditional reprieve may be given on how well you perform”.
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“The fight against coronavirus will be more strictly enforced in the next one week. By 20 April, every town, every police station, every district, every state will be evaluated on how well lockdown is being followed or which areas have been able to protect itself from coronavirus,” he mentioned.
Over 330 people have up to now misplaced their lives in India due to COVID-19 whereas greater than 10,000 confirmed circumstances have been reported.