Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a nationwide mandatory lockdown for twenty one days on March 24th,2020. The drastic step was taken after thorough consultation from the medical heads of all the Indian states. The lockdown was implemented in order to contain the spread of the highly infectious Coronavirus which was classified as a pandemic by the World Health Organisation (WHO.)
Once the lockdown was announced, states closed their borders,public and private transportation was halted and only essential transportation of medical supplies and groceries being the exceptions. All malls and theaters are shut down with only medical shops and essential grocery shops available as per government orders.
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This has affected many households as maids are no longer able to come and work due to the lockdowns. It now looks like the lockdown even affected the celebrities as well. Allu Arjun was spotted at a local supermarket buying groceries for his house. Lack of people on the roads means supermarkets are not crowded and even if they people are more concerned with buying essential supplies for themselves. Sporting a short and a yellow t-shirt with a face mask Allu Arjun was clicked by a fan in the supermarket. The actor seems to be looking around the racks.
Allu Arjun also announced a donation of 1.25 crores to help the people of Andhra Pradesh, telangana and Kerala to fight against the Coronavirus. Allu Arjun is the latest actor to announce monetary support after Pawan Kalyan, Ram Charan, Mahesh Babu, Prabhas and Chiranjeevi announced monetary aid.
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