Quarantine effort in response to the COVID-19 pandemic in India
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COVID-19 lockdown in India
Barricaded streets in Bhopal during the April 2020 lockdown
Date
Nationwide lockdown:
Phase 1: 25 March 2020 (2020-03-25) – 14 April 2020 (2020-04-14) (21 days)
Phase 2: 15 April 2020 (2020-04-15) – 3 May 2020 (2020-05-03) (19 days)
Phase 3: 4 May 2020 (2020-05-04) – 17 May 2020 (2020-05-17) (14 days)
Phase 4: 18 May 2020 (2020-05-18) – 31 May 2020 (2020-05-31) (14 days)
Unlock:
Unlock 1.0: 1 June 2020 (2020-06-01) – 30 June 2020 (2020-06-30) (30 days)
Unlock 2.0: 1 July 2020 (2020-07-01) – 31 July 2020 (2020-07-31) (31 days)
Unlock 3.0: 1 August 2020 (2020-08-01) – 31 August 2020 (2020-08-31) (31 days)
Unlock 4.0: 1 September 2020 (2020-09-01) - 30 September 2020 (2020-09-30) (30 days)
Unlock 5.0: 1 October 2020 (2020-10-01) - 31 October 2020 (2020-10-31) (31 days)
Unlock 6.0: 1 November 2020 (2020-11-01) - 30 November 2020 (2020-11-30) (30 days)
Unlock 7.0: 1 December 2020 (2020-12-01) - 31 December 2020 (2020-12-31) (31 days)
Unlock 8.0: 1 January 2021 (2021-01-01) - 31 January 2021 (2021-01-31) (31 days)
Unlock 9.0: 1 February 2021 (2021-02-01) - 28 February 2021 (2021-02-28) (28 days)
Unlock 10.0: 1 March 2021 (2021-03-01) - 31 March 2021 (2021-03-31) (31 days)
Unlock 11.0: 1 April 2021 (2021-04-01) - 30 April 2021 (2021-04-30) (30 days)
Unlock 12.0: 1 May 2021 (2021-05-01) - 31 May 2021 (2021-05-31) (31 days)
Unlock 13.0: 1 June 2021 (2021-06-01) - 30 June 2021 (2021-06-30) (30 days)
Unlock 14.0: 1 July 2021 (2021-07-01) - 31 July 2021 (2021-07-31) (31 days)
Unlock 15.0: 1 August 2021 (2021-08-01) - 31 August 2021 (2021-08-31) (31 days)
Unlock 16.0 : 1 September 2021 (2021-09-01) - 30 September 2021 (2021-09-30) (30 days)
Unlock 17.0 : 1 October 2021 (2021-10-01) - 31 October 2021 (2021-10-31) (31 days)
Unlock 18.0: 1 November 2021 (2021-11-01)-30 November 2021 (2021-11-30) (30 days)
Unlock 19.0: 1 December 2021 (2021-12-01)-31 December 2021 (2021-12-31) (31 days)
Unlock 20.0: 1 January 2022 (2022-01-01)-31 January 2022 (2022-01-31) (31 days)
Unlock 21.0: 1 February 2022 (2022-02-01)-28 February 2022 (2022-02-28) (28 days)
Unlock 22.0: 1 March 2022 (2022-03-01)-31 March 2022 (2022-03-31) (31 days)
To prevent the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic in India.
Methods
All services and shops closed except pharmacies, hospitals, banks, grocery shops and other essential services
Closure of commercial and private establishments (only work-from-home allowed)
Suspension of all fighting, gaming, training, research institutions
Closure of all places of worship
Suspension of all non-essential public and private transport
Prohibition of all social, political, sports, entertainment, academic, cultural, religious activities
school's were shut down hence online education was found
Status
Completely lifted
On the evening of 24 March 2020, the Government of India ordered a nationwide lockdown for 21days, limiting the movement of the entire 1.38billion (138 crores) population of India as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 pandemic in India.[1] It was ordered after a 14-hour voluntary public curfew on 22March, followed by enforcement of a series of regulations in COVID-19 affected countries.[2][3] The lockdown was placed when the number of confirmed positive coronavirus cases in India was approximately 500.[1] Upon its announcement, a mass movement of people across the country was described as the largest since the partition of India in 1947.[4] Observers stated that the lockdown had slowed the growth rate of the pandemic by 6April to a rate of doubling every six days,[5] and by 18April, to a rate of doubling every eight days.[6]
As the end of the first lockdown period approached, state governments and other advisory committees recommended extending the lockdown.[7] The governments of Odisha and Punjab extended the state lockdowns to 1 May.[8]Maharashtra, Karnataka, West Bengal, and Telangana followed suit.[9][10] On 14April, Prime minister Narendra Modi extended the nationwide lockdown until 3May, on the written recommendation of governors and lieutenant governors of all the states, with conditional relaxations after 20April for the regions where the spread had been contained or was minimal.[11]
On 1 May, the Government of India extended the nationwide lockdown further by two weeks until 17May. The Government divided all the districts into three zones based on the spread of the virus—green, red, and orange—with relaxations applied accordingly.[12] On 17 May, the lockdown was further extended until 31May by the National Disaster Management Authority.[13]
On 30 May, it was announced that lockdown restrictions were to be lifted from then onwards, while the lockdown would be further extended until 30 June for only the containment zones. Services would be resumed in a phased manner starting from 8 June. It was termed as "Unlock 1.0".[14] Modi later clarified that the lockdown phase in the country was over and that 'unlock' had already begun.[15]
The second phase of unlock, Unlock 2.0, was announced for the period of 1 to 31 July, with more ease in restrictions.[16] Unlock 3.0 was announced for August.[17] Similarly, Unlock 4.0 was announced for September[18] and Unlock 5.0 for the month of October.[19] In the same way, Unlock 6.0 was announced for the month of November,[20] Unlock 7.0 was announced for the month of December.[21]
In 2021, due to the largest wave of infection in the country, several state governments, including Uttar Pradesh,[22] and Delhi,[23] announced complete lockdowns in April 2021.