'COVID-19 does not see race or religion before striking': PM Modi urges people to show unity, brotherhood against coronavirus

New Delhi | Jagran News Desk: Amid the alarming spike in the number of coronavirus cases, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said that the dreadful infection does not "see race, religion or case before striking and India's response should attach primacy to unity and brotherhood.

In another tweet, PM Modi said that the next big ideas from India should find global relevance and application and they should have the ability to drive a positive change not merely for India but for the entire humankind.

"COVID-19 does not see race, religion, colour, caste, creed, language or borders before striking. Our response and conduct thereafter should attach primacy to unity and brotherhood. We are in this together," PM Modi said.

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Urging people to develop business models that attach primacy to care for the poor, PM Modi said that this is the time to think of reimagining what we refer to as being efficient.

"India, with the right blend of the physical and the virtual can emerge as the global nerve centre of complex modern multinational supply chains in the post COVID-19 world. Let us rise to that occasion and seize this opportunity," he added. 

The Prime Minister also said that the novel coronavirus outbreak has significantly changed the contours of professional life and these days home is the new office and internet is the new meeting room, adding that the need of the hour is to think of business and lifestyle models that are easily adaptable.

"Doing so would mean that even in a time of crisis, our offices, businesses and commerce could get moving faster, ensuring loss of life does not occur," he said.

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PM Modi also said that the work place is getting "Digital First" and it is technology that demolishes bureaucratic hierarchies, eliminates middlemen and accelerates welfare measures.

"And, why not? After all, the most transformational impact of technology often happens in the lives of the poor," he said.

The remarks from the Prime Minister comes amid the surging number of coronavirus cases in India. So far, the deadly virus has affected over 15,000 and claimed the lives of more than 500 in India.