A viral post is doing rounds on social media claiming that the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has directed the government to impose a nationwide lockdown again from September 25. The fake letter states that NDMA along with the Planning Commission has urged the government and directed the Prime Minister's Office, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) to re-impose a strict nationwide lockdown of 46 days, starting from the midnight of September 25, 2020. Dismissing the fake claims, a fact check by Press Information Bureau (PIB) states that the order is fake as no such order has been issued by the NDMA. In March 2020, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had announced a complete lockdown across the country asserting that social distancing is the only way out for the country in its decisive battle against the coronavirus. The government of India entered the Unlock phase from June, 2020. The country has now entered Unlock 4. The number of cases in the country has reached 48,46,428 with 79,722 deaths being reported.
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