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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 ...
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 ...
Empty roads during the lockdown in Vadodara, Gujarat. On 22 March, the Government of India announced complete lockdown in 82 districts in 22 states and the Union Territories of the country where confirmed cases were reported. [33] 80 cities including Delhi, Bengaluru, Chennai, Mumbai, [34] Chandigarh [35] and Kolkata were put under lockdown. [36]
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.
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.
COVID-19 Pandemic spread to Uttar Pradesh in March 2020. While the World Health Organization praised the UP government for its contact tracing efforts, [1] there were several other issues in its management of the pandemic, including under reportage of cases by the government, [2] vaccine shortages [3] and dismal conditions of COVID-19 hospitals.
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All businesses and services in India, except essential ones, were suspended during this period. [18] The Government of Gujarat decided to mass-promote all the students of Class 1 to 9 and Class 11 to the upper standard without examination due to uncertainty over lockdown and spread of COVID-19 in Gujarat. [19]