PM Modi is scheduled to address his second talk on COVID-19 today.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the nation at 8 PM on Tuesday on the coronavirus outbreak. Announcing it on Twitter, he said, "will address the nation at 8 PM today, 24th March 2020, on vital aspects relating to the menace of COVID-19." This will be his second address to the nation on COVID-19. Modi had earlier, on March 19, called for a Janata curfew and clapping unison and had urged Indians to remain indoors as much as possible.

Nearly 500 coronavirus cases have been reported in India so far, according to Health Ministry data on Tuesday. As cases of the viral infection surged, authorities have put almost the entire country under lockdown, banning gathering of people and suspending road, rail and air traffic till March 31.