Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said that Covid-19 will remain a watershed moment in history, just like World War II. The PM was speaking at the India-Italy Virtual Summit with his Italian counterpart Giuseppe Conte.
“Covid-19 pandemic will remain a watershed moment in history, just like WWII. We will have to adapt ourselves to the post-Corona world. We will have to be ready for the opportunities and challenges arising out of it,” Prime Minister Modi said.
The PM paid condolences on behalf of the people of India for the losses due to the pandemic in Italy. “I express my condolences on behalf of all the people in India, for the losses due to Covid-19 in Italy. When other countries of the world were still getting to know of coronavirus and trying to understand it, you were suffering from it,” the Prime Minister said.