As China witnesses a tsunami of Covid-19 cases, the Indian government has begun preparations to deal with Covid instances and restrain the community spread. In a letter to all the state and UT health secretaries, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan has urged to hold mock drills on December 27 at all health institutions (including recognised COVID-dedicated health facilities) across the country.
In the above context, a video of Prime Minister Modi talking about Coronavirus and Janta curfew is being shared on Facebook.
Many Facebook users have live-streamed the video with a caption: प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी ने अचानक अपने लोगों के लिए खुशखबरी का ऐलान किया। (English translation: Prime Minister Narendra Modi suddenly announced good news for his people.)
Here’s the link to the above post.
FACT CHECK
NewsMobile fact-checked the video, and found it to be old.
Running a keyword search based on PM Modi’s speech in the video, we found the same clip uploaded on March 19, 2020, on his official YouTube channel Narendra Modi, with a title: PM Modi urges citizens to exercise ‘janta curfew’ on 22nd March… Find out why!.
We also found the entire speech on the YouTube channel of The Economic Times. The description reads: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday (March 19, 2020) appealed to the citizens to follow “Janta curfew” on March 22 (2020) in view of novel coronavirus outbreak. The prime minister also requested senior citizens to remain indoors for the next few weeks. He announced setting up of a ‘Covid-19 Economic Response Task Force’ to decide on relief package for sectors hit by the coronavirus outbreak. Modi also urged people to prevent themselves from panic-buying and hoarding of essential goods. The total number of positive cases of Covid-19 in India stands at 167, including 25 foreigners. Four deaths have been reported from Delhi, Karnataka, Punjab and Maharashtra.
We could not find any media report covering PM’s announcements on Covid outbreak recently. Hence, it is clear that the video is old.
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