India Lockdown: Virat Kohli, Anushka Sharma urge fans to stay indoors

New Delhi : Celebrity couple Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma on Wednesday urged fans to stay indoors during the 21-day lockdown in India, announced by PM Narendra Modi on Tuesday evening.

"These are testing times and we need to wake up to the seriousness of this situation. Please let us all follow what’s been told to us and stand united, please. It’s a plea to everyone," Virat Kohli captioned the 51-second-long video on Twitter.

Earlier, the Indian captain made a humble enchantment to the man Indian residents to comply with the contemporary tips issued by PM Modi to cease the coronavirus from spreading.

"As our Honourable Prime Minister, Shri @NarendraModi ji just announced, the whole country is going into a lockdown starting midnight today for the next 21 days. My request will remain the same, PLEASE STAY AT HOME.  #SocialDistancing is the only cure for Covid 19", Kohli tweeted.

Addressing the nation on Tuesday evening, PM Narendra Modi announced that there is an urgent need of 21-day lockdown to stop the spread of coronavirus in India.