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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]
[11] [12] A COVID-19 Economic Response Task Force was also formed. [13] [14] The COVID-19 Economic Response Task Force was tasked with formulating and implementing policies and measures to minimize the economic impact of the pandemic on various sectors in India. Union and state governments set up national and state helpline numbers. [15]
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 Tablighi Jamaat gathering emerged as one of India's major coronavirus hotspots, [34] On 18 April 2020, Central Government of India said that 4,291 cases (or 29.8% of the 14,378 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in India) were linked to the Tablighi Jamaat, and these cases were spread across 23 states and Union Territories.
In 2021 during the 2nd Wave of COVID-19 Pandemic the Colleges & educational Institutions of Andaman & Nicobar Islands was still continued follow the offline mode of teaching. Siddhanth Rai Sharma a Students Leader of ABVP demanded to close all the colleges of Andaman & Nicobar Islands for the safety of the Students community of Islands.
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]
A COVID-19 communication hotline (0800100100) was established on 15 March 2020 which is run by the Ministry of Health and Social Services and the Centre for Disease Control of Namibia (CDC). [475] The hotline serves to answer general enquiries of the public, assisting persons seeking guidance from the Ministry and reporting possible symptoms or ...
The first case of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Indian state of Maharashtra was confirmed on 9 March 2020. The largest single day spike (68,631 cases), highest peak in all of India was reported on 18 April 2021. Maharashtra is a hotspot that accounts for nearly 22.35% of the total cases in India as well as about 30.55% of all deaths.