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Tok! India Resmi Perpanjang Lockdown

Rehia Sebayang, CNBC Indonesia
14 April 2020 12:29
An Indian migrant laborer's family is silhouetted as they make the journey to their village by foot, following a lockdown amid concern over spread of coronavirus in New Delhi, India, Saturday, March 28, 2020. Authorities sent a fleet of buses to the outskirts of India's capital on Saturday to meet an exodus of migrant workers desperately trying to reach their home villages during the world's largest coronavirus lockdown. Thousands of people, mostly young male day laborers but also families, fled their New Delhi homes after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a 21-day lockdown that began on Wednesday and effectively put millions of Indians who live off daily earnings out of work. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
Foto: India (AP/Altaf Qadri)
Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia - India resmi memperpanjang masa penguncian wilayah (lockdown) karena pandemi corona (COVID-19) hingga 3 Mei 2020. Perdana Menteri Narendra Modi mengumumkan secara resmi melalui televisi nasional, Selasa (14/4/2020).

"Sampai 3 Mei," tegasnya dikutip dari Reuters.

"Setiap warga India akan tetap tinggal (di rumah) dalam masa lockdown. Saya meminta kepada seluruh warga India, kita harus menghentikan corona menyebar ke area lainnya," ujarnya dikutip Reuters.



India mencatat ada 10.453 kasus pasien positif COVID-19. Di mana 358 orang meninggal dan 1.193 sembuh.

Seharusnya lockdown berakhir hari ini. Namun menteri utama dari 29 negara bagian meminta perpanjangan lockdown.

Lockdown sempat membuat kekacauan di negara dengan 1,3 miliar penduduk itu. Bank Dunia memprediksi ekonomi India hanya akan tumbuh 1,5-2,8% di tahun fiskal 2020, dari pertumbuhan 2019 lalu 4,8-5,0%.



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