The world's largest democracy announced a total lockdown of 21 days starting midnight on 25 March, 2020 in a bid to curb the spread of Wuhan coronavirus.
It now emerges that on the 31st of December, Taiwan had written to the WHO (World Health Organisation) raising questions about the human-to-human contact aspect of the virus and the WHO had summarily ignored Taiwan.
Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao said that if the violators continue to defy the prohibitory orders during the lockdown, then his government will have no other option but to issue shoot at sight orders and call in the army.
On first day of Chaitra Navratri, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath shifted the Ram Lalla idol to a temporary structure near Manas Bhawan in Ram Janmabhoomi premises.
Prime Minister Modi announced the national lockdown in his second address to the country regarding the Wuhan Coronavirus pandemic on the 24th of March.