One Year Since India Reported It’s First COVID-19 Case

On January 30^th India completes a year since the first COVID-19 case emerged in the country, after it the virus spread from China in 2019 to different parts of the world and made it’s way into India.

Lets take a look at what has transpired in the last one year

1. January 30^th2020, India reported it’s first COVID-19 case
2. March 2020, COVID-19 cases in India reaches close to the 500 mark
3. March 22^nd 2020, Prime Minister Modi announced a 14-hour voluntary public curfew
4. March 23^rd 2020, India goes into complete lockdown for 21 days
5. April 18^th 2020, lockdown slows the growth rate of the pandemic doubling every eight days
6. Lockdown extends till May 31^st 2020 in phases by National Disaster Management Authority
7. Lockdown lifted in most areas expect for in containment zones where lockdown was extended till June 30^th 2020
8. June 8^th 2020, unlock 1.0 begins
9. July 1^st to July 31^st 2020, unlock 2.0 begins
10. August 2020, unlock 3.0 begins
11. September 2020, unlock 4.0 begins
12. January 2^nd 2021, first dry run of COVID-19 vaccination drive starts
13. January 8^th, 2021, second dry run of COVID-19 vaccination drive starts on January 8^th
14. January 16^th 2021, nationwide inoculation drive begins
15. January 27^th 2021, government announces COVID-19 curve has flattened in India
16. January 29^th 2021, India dropped to the fourth place in deaths from the virus

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India currently has produced two vaccines Covishield and Covaxin produced by Serum Institute of India,Pune(SII) and Bharat Biotech respectively and has announced more vaccines will be produced by India in coming months. While 2 crore frontline and 1 crore healthcare workers are the first to be inoculated against COVID-19 followed by elderly above the age of 50, moreso those with comorbidities. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Ram Nath Kovind have expressed how India has India has managed the pandemic effectively and that proper intervention during the pandemic has helped saved several lives.

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