This announcement was not preceded by any official planning, leading to the large-scale movement of the urban poor as they headed for their homes in rural areas. The first national containment measure in the form of a nationwide lockdown was only introduced on March 25, three months after the first COVID-19 case was reported and two months after the WHO declared the outbreak a public health emergency of international concern. Social distancing as a method of keeping the virus at bay was first officially flagged by Prime Minister Narendra Modi when he spoke to the nation on March 19 in order to call for a one-day 'Janata Curfew' for March 22. The government's official line for the public as late as March 13 was that the coronavirus was not a health emergency. ICMR didn't test people with COVID-19 symptoms without a recent travel history and a known contact that might have transmitted them the virus, up until March 20. India ignored the warning signs when the first few cases surfaced in Kerala and didn't screen all the international passengers up until March 6. The curve is not flattening as the number of active cases has climbed to around two lakh cases and is still increasing, and more than 15,000 people have died because of the virus. In less than five months, the COVID-19 outbreak in India has spread to all states and union territories, infecting more than five lakh people. ![]() Half a million COVID-19 cases in India: How we got to where we are.
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