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On the evening of 24 March 2020, the Government of India ordered a nationwide lockdown for 21 days, limiting the movement of the entire 1.38 billion (138 crores) population of India as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 pandemic in India. [1]
India reported its first case of COVID-19 in January 2020, and by March 2020, the government implemented a nationwide lockdown to contain the spread of the virus. However, this lockdown resulted in significant economic disruption and social challenges, particularly for the millions of informal workers who lost their livelihoods.
On 23 March 2020, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern raised New Zealand's COVID-19 alert level [254] to three and announced the closure of all schools beginning on that day, and two days later moved to four at 11:59 p.m. on 25 March 2020 – a nationwide lockdown. While all sporting matches and events as well as non-essential services such as pools ...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi chairing a video conference with the state Chief Ministers on May 11, 2020. The Indian state governments have responded to the COVID-19 pandemic in India with various declarations of emergency, closure of institutions and public meeting places, and other restrictions intended to contain the spread of the virus.
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[21] 26 March: Gujarat reports third COVID-19 death. A 70-year-old man died in Bhavnagar. [22] Government of Gujarat announced free food doorstep facility for elderly persons staying alone at home during lockdown. [23] 27 March: Out of 44 COVID-19 patients in Gujarat, 18 got infected through local transmission while the rest 26 had travel ...
India recorded 273,810 new COVID infections and 1,619 deaths nationwide. [29] Crematoriums running nonstop began to have their metal parts melt, causing experts to speculate that the death total has been severely undercounted. [30] Delhi announced a strict, six-day lockdown to help curb the spread of infections around the capital city. [31]
The first cases of COVID-19 in India were reported on 30 January 2020 in three towns of Kerala, among three Indian medical students who had returned from Wuhan, the epicenter of the pandemic. [10] [11] [12] Lockdowns were announced in Kerala on 23 March, and in the rest of the country on 25 March. Infection rates started to drop in September. [13]