1. Write an article on ‘Lockdown Period due to COVID-19:
Boon or Bane’ in about 100 to 150 words for your
school magazine. You are Saurabh/Shruti
Answers
Explanation:
As the end of the first lockdown period approached, state governments and other advisory committees recommended extending the lockdown.[6] The governments of Odisha and Punjab extended the state lockdowns to 1 May.[7] Maharashtra, Karnataka, West Bengal and Telangana followed suit.[8][9] On 14 April, Prime minister Narendra Modi extended the nationwide lockdown until 3 May, with a conditional relaxations after 20 April for the regions where the spread had been contained or was minimal.[10]
On 1 May, the Government of India extended the nationwide lockdown further by two weeks until 17 May. The Government divided all the districts into three zones based on the spread of the virus—green, red and orange—with relaxations applied accordingly.[11] On 17 May, the lockdown was further extended till 31 May by the National Disaster Management Authority.[12]
On 30 May, it was announced that lockdown restrictions were to be lifted from then onwards, while the ongoing lockdown would be further extended till 30 June for only the containment zones. Services would be resumed in a phased manner starting from 8 June. It was termed as "Unlock 1.0".[13] Modi later clarified that the lockdown phase in the country was over and that 'unlock' had already begun.[14]
The second phase of unlock, Unlock 2.0, was announced for the period of 1 to 31 July, with more ease in restrictions.[15] Unlock 3.0 was announced for August.[16] Similarly, Unlock 4.0 was announced for September[17] and Unlock 5.0 for the month of October.[18] In the same way, Unlock 6.0 was announced for the month of November,[19] and Unlock 7.0 was announced for the month of December.[20]