Question

Write a diary entry on Janta curfew

Answer 1

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Hlo mate

The word ‘pandemic’ is used to describe a virus that is spreading in various countries faster than containment can halt it. 

The word ‘pandemic’ is used to describe a virus that is spreading in various countries faster than containment can halt it. The WHO Director-General declared the COVID-19 outbreak as a pandemic on March 11, 2020. His comments came in at a time when European countries, especially Italy, witnessed a huge surge in COVID-19 cases, with a steep rise in the number of deaths as well. Following this, the Italian Prime Minister implemented a nationwide lockdown for Italy's 60 million residents; France and Spain followed suit and announced lockdowns for their citizens. 

The word ‘pandemic’ is used to describe a virus that is spreading in various countries faster than containment can halt it. The WHO Director-General declared the COVID-19 outbreak as a pandemic on March 11, 2020. His comments came in at a time when European countries, especially Italy, witnessed a huge surge in COVID-19 cases, with a steep rise in the number of deaths as well. Following this, the Italian Prime Minister implemented a nationwide lockdown for Italy's 60 million residents; France and Spain followed suit and announced lockdowns for their citizens. To be certain, the word ‘lockdown’ is not a technical term and can be used by public-health officials to mean anything from mandatory geographic quarantines to non-mandatory recommendations to stay at home and bans on events and gatherings. In the context of the current situation surrounding the coronavirus, it is being used in reference to governments asking citizens to stay indoors in self-isolation. 

The word ‘pandemic’ is used to describe a virus that is spreading in various countries faster than containment can halt it. The WHO Director-General declared the COVID-19 outbreak as a pandemic on March 11, 2020. His comments came in at a time when European countries, especially Italy, witnessed a huge surge in COVID-19 cases, with a steep rise in the number of deaths as well. Following this, the Italian Prime Minister implemented a nationwide lockdown for Italy's 60 million residents; France and Spain followed suit and announced lockdowns for their citizens. To be certain, the word ‘lockdown’ is not a technical term and can be used by public-health officials to mean anything from mandatory geographic quarantines to non-mandatory recommendations to stay at home and bans on events and gatherings. In the context of the current situation surrounding the coronavirus, it is being used in reference to governments asking citizens to stay indoors in self-isolation. As such, it is deemed that the most ethical and reasonable course of action is social distancing and self-isolation as much as possible. The purpose of lockdowns, and indeed social distancing, is to suppress the reproduction number (R0) or the average number of secondary cases, each case generates, to below one. 

The word ‘pandemic’ is used to describe a virus that is spreading in various countries faster than containment can halt it. The WHO Director-General declared the COVID-19 outbreak as a pandemic on March 11, 2020. His comments came in at a time when European countries, especially Italy, witnessed a huge surge in COVID-19 cases, with a steep rise in the number of deaths as well. Following this, the Italian Prime Minister implemented a nationwide lockdown for Italy's 60 million residents; France and Spain followed suit and announced lockdowns for their citizens. To be certain, the word ‘lockdown’ is not a technical term and can be used by public-health officials to mean anything from mandatory geographic quarantines to non-mandatory recommendations to stay at home and bans on events and gatherings. In the context of the current situation surrounding the coronavirus, it is being used in reference to governments asking citizens to stay indoors in self-isolation. As such, it is deemed that the most ethical and reasonable course of action is social distancing and self-isolation as much as possible. The purpose of lockdowns, and indeed social distancing, is to suppress the reproduction number (R0) or the average number of secondary cases, each case generates, to below one. An alternative method to coronavirus has been seen in South Korea where authorities implemented a very aggressive and expansive testing program; testing anyone who had been in contact with a confirmed case, tracing those who are potentially exposed by way of credit card activity, surveillance camera footage, and mobile phone tracking. 

Answer 2

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On March 22, between 7 am and 9 pm, India observed ‘Janata Curfew’, whose idea was mooted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, to encourage the concept of social distancing and curb the spread of the deadly coronavirus.

The Indian Railways announced that it would cancel trains originating between 12 am and 10 pm on March 22. However, the ones that already commenced their journeys before 12 am were allowed to operate till they reached their destinations.

I happened to be on one such train.

Following a one-month break for personal reasons, I was heading to Mumbai from Vijayawada to resume work. Of course, a lot has changed in this month across the world and in the country, which was evidently visible in my near 24-hour journey.

From a platform ticket -- which one usually buys for Rs 10 -- costing Rs 50, to the way passengers treated each other, COVID-19 changed my train experience like never before.

At the platform ticket counter, people stood in the queue with immense discipline, without pushing each other, maintaining a decent distance. While happy, I also reflected that it had to take a deadly virus for us to learn this.