COVID-19: India to pay heavy price for Modi government's inability to act decisively, says Rahul

Gandhi tweeted, "Quick aggressive action is the answer to tackling the #Coronavirus . India is going to pay an extremely heavy price for our governments inability to act decisively."

In a sharp attack against Narendra Modi over the preparedness to fight Coronavirus and state of economy, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said that an economic tsunami is coming and Prime Minister should 'get his head out of the sand'.

"India should be preparing itself not just for Coronavirus, but for economic devastation that is coming.

An economic tsunami is underway. I have been telling the government to start preparing but they are not doing anything and nobody is listening to me. I am sorry to say, our people are going to go through unimaginable pain in the next six months", Gandhi told reporters outside Parliament.

The former Congress president has been continuously attacking the government over the spread of Coronavirus and its implications for the economy. 

However, the World Health Organsiation (WHO) on Tuesday lauded the efforts taken by the Indian government to combat the deadly novel coronavirus, which has claimed three lives in the country, a figure much less considering its population density and especially in comparison to some of the developed nations. 

"I think the commitment of the Indian government from the top level -- the Prime Minister's office himself -- has been enormous, very impressive. This is one of the reasons why India is doing very well. I am very impressed that everyone has been mobilised," Bekedam told reporters.

"We have very good research capacity in India and especially at the ICMR and the Department of Health Research. They have been able to isolate the virus, (and) now India will continue to be part of the research community," he added. 

So far in India, the total positive Coronavirus cases is 147.

14 people have cured while three people lost their lives from Coronavirus.