"We now have a name for the #2019nCoV disease:
WHO announced that the new coronavirus disease will be known by the official name of COVID-19. India canceled existing visas for Chinese and foreigners who had visited China in the last two weeks, the day after the death toll in China exceeded that of the 2002-03 SARS outbreak. Source: The Wire, The Wire, The Wire February 04 Kerala government declared coronavirus a state calamity after two more cases were reported in Alappuzha and Kasaragod district. India first airlifted citizens from China one month after the new disease was first reported Source: The Wire February 03 The Wire published a detailed article by Priyanka Pulla on why India should worry about the new coronavirus reflecting on the new evidence that the 2019 nCoV can be transmitted by asymptomatic patients. India's first novel coronavirus patient - a student studying at Wuhan University - was reported in Kerala's Thrissur district, as more than 7500 cases were reported in 20 countries of the world.Ī week after claiming that the outbreak doesn't yet constitute a public emergency of international concern and that there is "no evidence" of the virus spreading between humans outside of China, WHO declared the outbreak a public health emergency of international concern. The patient was a 61-year-old man in Wuhan with abdominal tumours and chronic liver disease. January 11Ĭhina reported its first known death from an illness caused by the new coronavirus. The pathogen was called coronavirus 2019 nCoV by Chinese authorities, identifying that it spreads via airborne droplets. On December 31, 2019, Chinese officials informed the World Health Organization (WHO) China Country Office that 27 cases of pneumonia of unknown cause were detected in Wuhan City, Hubei Province of China.
In this story, we look at some of the crucial moments of the outbreak and how it impacted our fight against the virus. In some, the official strategy was an example of 'too little, too late' as hidden infections were already spreading in all parts of the country, followed then by 'too much, too soon' and not enough planning. 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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