After 3 May 2020 will may some relief from Lockdown|India Updates|Coronavirus COVID-19 Updates
On 24 March, the Government of India under Prime Minister Narendra Modi ordered a nationwide lockdown for 21 days, limiting movement of the entire 1.3 billion population of India as a preventive measure against the 2020 coronavirus pandemic in India.The Centre on Wednesday gave clear indications that the ongoing nationwide lockdown will be extended beyond May 3 but with "considerable relaxations" to people and services in "many districts".
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), however, said there was a need to maintain a strict lockdown till May 3 so that the gains are not squandered away.
The nationwide lockdown was first announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on March 24 in a bid to combat the Covid-19 threat. It was fu ..
On 24 March, the Government of India under Prime Minister Narendra Modi ordered a nationwide lockdown for 21 days, limiting movement of the entire 1.3 billion population of India as a preventive measure against the 2020 coronavirus pandemic in India.[1] It was ordered after a 14-hour voluntary public curfew on 22 March, followed by enforcement of a series of regulations in the country's COVID-19 affected regions.[2][3] The lockdown was placed when the number of confirmed positive coronavirus cases in India was approximately 500.[1]
Observers state that the lockdown has slowed the growth rate of the pandemic by 6 April to a rate of doubling every six days,[4] and, by 18 April, to a rate of doubling every eight days.[5]
As the end of the lockdown period approached, state governments and other advisory committees recommended extending the lockdown.[6] The governments of Odisha and Punjab extended the state lockdowns to 1 May.[7] Maharashtra, Karnataka, West Bengal and Telangana followed suit.[8][9]
On 14 April, Prime minister Narendra Modi extended the nationwide lockdown until 3 May, with a conditional relaxation after 20 April for the regions where the spread has been contained