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Sports minister Kiren Rijiju said people should not forget the importance of staying fit even as they are working from home during the Covid-19 lockdown.

Fit India: Sports minister Rijiju urges people to do rope skipping during Covid-19 lockdown

With people staying indoors due to the governmnet mandated lockdown to curb COVID-19 spread, Union Youth Affairs and Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju on Wednesday appealed countrymen to do rope skipping at home and promote the Fit India Movement. I appeal everyone to take up this simple exercise of Skipping Rope (rssii kuudnaa) at home. The Minister also posted his video of doing rope skipping and said, "To prevent coronavirus we are staying at home but working online. Rope skipping is very easy exercise and we all have to do it 2-3 minutes in a day to promote Fit India Movement." His appeal to the citizens comes a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared a 21-day lockdown in the country as a precautionary measure against coronavirus. "In view of the current situation, the nationwide total lockdown will be in place for 21 days -- three weeks. It is a kind of a curfew," said Prime Minister Modi in his address to the nation. The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Wednesday confirmed 539 positive cases of coronavirus in the country. For sports news , updates, live scores and cricket fixtures , log on to indiatoday.in/sports . Like us on Facebook or follow us on Twitter for Sports news, scores and updates.

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