Mumbai: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Nepali counterpart KP Sharma Oli held a telephone conversation on Friday and agreed to make a joint effort to deal with the situation created by the ongoing COVID-19 crisis.
Taking on Twitter, Modi said, “Spoke today with Prime Minister of Nepal, Shri @kpsharmaoli. We discussed the prevailing situation due to COVID-19. I appreciate the determination of the people of Nepal to fight this challenge. We stand in solidarity with Nepal in our common fight against COVID-19.”
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Minutes after Indian PM Modi’s tweet, Nepali Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli said, “Today I held a telephonic conversation with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi Ji @narendramodi. We both agreed on to make our efforts more contingent in this fight against Coronavirus. We stressed on taking care of the citizens who are stranded inside each-others nation due to the ongoing lockdown.”
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Both India and Nepal are under neighbouring statewide lockout as the number of COVID-19 positive cases continues to increase.
Nepal has been locking in the entire country since March 24, while India has been closed since March 25.
Both Nepalese and Indian citizens are stranded on both sides due to the bandh imposed to curb further proliferation of COVID-19.
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The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare informed on Friday that India’s total number of COVID-19 positive cases is now 6,412. Of these, 5,709 are active patients and 503 of them have been cured/discharged.
Nepal so far has reported 9 cases of COVID-19
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