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The first case relating to the COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed in Goa on 25 March 2020. The state has confirmed a total of 10494 cases, of whom 6912 have recovered and 91 died, as of 13 August. [ 2 ] The state was COVID-19 free for 23 days until the disease resurfaced on 14 May when a family returning from the neighbouring state of Maharashtra ...
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.
The National Centre for Disease Informatics and Research, ICMR, released a document titled "Guidance for appropriate recording of COVID-19 related deaths in India". [2] In March 2020, the first two COVID-19 infected people to die in India officially died due to their co-morbidities and not COVID-19. [3]
The first human cases of COVID-19 occurred in Wuhan, People's Republic of China, on or about 17 November 2019. [2] The first confirmed human case in the United States was on 19 January 2020. The World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) on 30 January 2020, and first ...
The Government of India confirmed India's first case of COVID-19 on 30 January 2020 in the state of Kerala, when a university student from Wuhan travelled back to the state. [24] As the number of confirmed COVID-19 -positive cases approached 500, Modi on 19 March, asked all citizens to observe the 'Janata Curfew' (people's curfew) on Sunday, 22 ...
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's televised address about Coronavirus on 19 March 2020 Modi's address about COVID-19 on 24 March 2020. On 19 March, during a 30-minute live telecast, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi asked all citizens to observe a 'Janata Curfew' (people's curfew) from 7 am to 9 pm on 22 March. During this curfew he asked ...
The first confirmed case in the United States, as reported by the CDC, was January 22, 2020. [52] News coverage in the U.S. has been more negative than in other countries, [53] but has also helped promote safety behaviors including social distancing. [54] Local news has played an important role in keeping communities informed, including in ...
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.