Coronavirus: India enters '21-Day Total Lockdown' to Counter Coronavirus

Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi has imposed a nationwide lockdown in an attempt to control the spread of coronavirus in India.

The restrictions came into force at midnight local time 12 O’clock and will be enforced for 21 days. With four hours’ notice, India’s prime minister announced that no one could leave home for 21 days

“There will be a total ban on venturing out of your homes,” Mr Modi said in a televised address. the most severe step taken anywhere in the war against the coronavirus

He appealed to people not to panic – but crowds quickly mobbed stores in the State capital, Patna, and other cities.

prime minister Narendar Modi ordered all 1.3 billion people in the country to stay inside their homes for 21 Days starting from Wednesday — the biggest and most severe action undertaken anywhere to stop the spread of the novel coronavirus.

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Exempted in States

Hospitals and all related medical establishments, including their manufacturing and distribution units, both in public and private sector such as dispensaries, chemist and medical equipment shops.

Police, home guards, fire and emergency services, civil defence, disaster management, and prisons, District administration and Treasury, Electricity, sanitation, water, Municipal bodies, but only staff required for essential services like sanitation, personnel related to water supply etc.

Laboratories, clinics. nursing homes, ambulance, etc will continue to remain functional. Transportation for all medical personnel. nurses, para-medical staff, other hospital support services are permitted.

District authorities to encourage and facilitate home delivery to minimize the movement of individuals outside their home

Shops, including ration shops (under PDS), dealing with food, groceries, fruits and vegetables, dairy and milk booths, meat and fish, animal fodder.

Banks, insurance offices and ATMs.

IT and IT enabled Services only (for essential services) and, as far as possible, work from home.

Print and electronic media, Telecommunications, Internet services, broadcasting and cable services.

Petrol pumps, LPG, Petroleum and gas retail and storage outlets.

Power generation, transmission and distribution units and services.
Delivery of all essential goods including food, pharmaceuticals, medical equipment through E-commerce.
Capital and debt market services as notified by the Securities and Exchange Board of India.
Cold storage and warehousing services.
Manufacturing units of essential commodities.
Private security services
Production units, which require continuous process, after obtaining required permission from the State Government.
Establishments earmarked for quarantine facilities.
Hotels, homestays, lodges and motels which are accommodating tourists and persons stranded due to lockdown, medical and emergency staff, air and sea crew.

Not exempted in States

Offices of the Government of India, its Autonomous/ Subordinate Offices and Public Corporations shall remain closed.
Commercial and private establishments shall be closed down.
Offices of the States Union Terrltory Governments, their Autonomous Bodies, Corporations, etc shall remain closed.
All other establishments may work from home only.
All transport services air, rail, roadways will remain suspended.
Industrial Establishments will remain closed.
Hospitality Services to remain suspended
All educational, training, research, coaching institutions etc. shall remain closed.
All social/political/sports, entertainment, academic, cultural, religious functions/ gatherings shall be barred.
All places of worship shall be closed for public and No religious congregations will be permitted, without any exception.
In case of funerals, congregation of not more than twenty persons will be permitted.Exempted (Central government)
Defence, central armed police forces, treasury, public utilities (Including petroleum, CNG, LPG, PNG), disaster management, power generation and transmission units, post offices, National lnformatics Centre, and Early Warning Agencies

In his televised address, Prim Minister Modi said there was no choice.

“If you can’t handle these 21 days, this country and your family will go back 21 years,” Mr. Modi said. “The only option is social distancing, to remain away from each other. There is no way out to escape from coronavirus besides this.”

Without being specific, Mr. Modi said “all the steps to ensure essential commodities will be maintained.”