CPI(M) Polit Bureau met at New Delhi on March 14-15, 2020. It has issued the following statement on March 16COVID-19The corona virus pandemic is currently in its second stage in India. The ministry of health has officially stated that this virus has been located in 13 states with a total number of officially confirmed cases in the country standing at 110 and growing. Of these, two patients have died and only ten discharged. The ICMR has warned that India has a 30-day window to prevent this pandemic from reaching the third stage.