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A group of researchers at the University of Oxford who tracked the governmental policy measures to counter the pandemic rated India's lockdown as one of the most stringent in the world, scoring "100 out of 100" on their tracker. They noted that India implemented school closures, border closure, travel bans, etc. but they said it was too early ...
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.
The lockdown resulted in the state recording zero active cases of COVID-19 in November 2020. [citation needed] Victoria entered its fourth lockdown on 28 May 2021 [26] [27] in response to an outbreak of the Delta variant. [28] Originally scheduled for seven days, the lockdown was extended to two weeks and lifted on 10 June. [29]
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.
India reported a record number of new deaths with 4,187. The country also reported 401,078 new confirmed cases, marking the third consecutive day of 400,000 or more cases. [68] CBS News reported that people in India were dying faster than they could be cremated or buried, leading to makeshift crematoriums appearing around the country. [69]
Notably, the traffic in the capital city decreased by a large amount. On 19 April 2021, Delhi turned the weekend curfew to a week-long lockdown. [10] The lockdown was extended several times - on April 25, May 2, May 9, May 15 until May 24 (as updated on May 19). [11] Now lockdown is unlocked on 8 June.
On 22 March, after the central government's decision, complete lockdown of Delhi from 6 am of 23 March to at least 31 March was declared. Essential services and commodities to continue. [32] On 28 March, Delhi government had set up over 500 hunger relief camps providing free food for people who have been left stranded due to the nationwide ...
On 22 March, the Government of India announced complete lockdown in 82 districts in 22 states and Union Territories of country where confirmed cases were reported. [53] 80 cities including Delhi, Bengaluru, Chennai, Mumbai, [54] Chandigarh [55] and Kolkata were put under lockdown. [56] Some states sealed their borders barring inter-state ...