On 11 March 2020, WHO declared Novel Coronavirus Disease
On 11 March 2020, WHO declared Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) outbreak as a pandemic and reiterated the call for countries to take immediate actions and scale up response to treat, detect and reduce transmission to save people’s lives. Situation update As of 23 March 2020 (9:00 AM), a total of 390 COVID-19 cases (349 Indians and 41 foreign nationals) have been reported in 23 states/union territories. These include 23 who have been cured/discharged, 1 who has migrated and 7 reported deaths. Hospital isolation of all confirmed cases, tracing and home quarantine of the contacts is ongoing. Government response The Prime Minister's Office, Group of Ministers, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare and Cabinet Secretary are closely monitoring the situation. Addressing the nation on 19 March 2020, the Prime Minister, Mr Narendra Modi urged for resolve and restraint, and adopting social distancing, including ‘Janta curfew’ (voluntary...