PM Modi cancels his visit to Portugal, France as COVID-19 cases surge in-country

New Delhi, April 20: Amid looking at the current alarming COVID-19 situation in the country, Prime Minister Narendra Modi canceled his visit to Portugal for the India-EU summit. PM Modi was scheduled to travel to Portugal for the 16th India-EU summit which was to take place on May 8.

 

 

According to the reports, with that Modi's decision, the 16th India-EU summit will now take place virtually, like the previous India-EU summit which was hosted virtually last year in July.

 

 

Besides this, he has also called off his visit to France. The Prime Minister was scheduled to travel to France for a bilateral summit.

 

 

This decision comes a day after, UK PM Boris Johnson canceled his visit to India which was scheduled for next week. He was to visit India on April 25th, and earlier he was to visit the country in January to be the chief guest for the Republic day celebrations. In a joint statement, the British and the Indian government said that due to the current coronavirus situation, the UK PM will not be able to travel to India.

 

The country has reported 2,59,170 new COVID-19 infections in a single day. There are currently 20,31,977 active cases in the country as of Tuesday.As many as 1,54,761 people recovered from the virus.

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