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On 15 March 2020, at a press conference on the state of COVID-19, officials banned all public gatherings, including conferences, workshops, funerals, festivals, political rallies, and church activities in order to reduce the spread of COVID-19. Basic schools, senior high schools, and both public and private universities were also closed.
[11] [12] A COVID-19 Economic Response Task Force was also formed. [13] [14] The COVID-19 Economic Response Task Force was tasked with formulating and implementing policies and measures to minimize the economic impact of the pandemic on various sectors in India. Union and state governments set up national and state helpline numbers. [15]
Schools and offices remained shut. On 4 April 2021 Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray announced a lockdown until 30 April. On 5 April 2021 everything began to close due to rise in COVID-19 second wave. Only online deliveries were free at this stage. Films like Sooryavanshi, Bunty Aur Babli 2 got postponed due to COVID-19's 2nd Wave. [citation needed]
The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted education for 1.6 billion students at its peak, exacerbating the gender divide with disproportionately greater learning losses among girls and increased risks of child labor, gender-based violence, early marriage, and pregnancy in some countries. [60]
The effect of school closure on COVID-19 cases and mortality has been examined in multiple studies. A mathematical modelling study investigated the impact of school closures on COVID-19 dynamics in 74 countries. [146] It highlighted that the effect on infections, hospitalisations and deaths varied significantly by country.
Following declaration by WHO of Coronavirus as Public Health Emergency on International concern, the government moved to monitor and test people coming from China and other affected countries. [50] [51] [52] On 14 March, all schools and cinemas in the state were shut down. [53] Vaccination drive for COVID prevention in Bhopal
[461] [462] On 15 October, the MoH received a COVID-19 AI software for detecting the virus on Chest X-rays. [463] Government also relaunched the GH COVID-19 tracker app after it was launched on 13 April. [464] Various treatment centers were built across the country such as the Ghana Infectious Disease Centre, [465] to help in the National COVID ...
As of 23 March 2020, more than 1.2 billion learners were out of school due to school closures in response to COVID-19. [8] Given low rates of COVID-19 symptoms among children, the effectiveness of school closures has been called into question. [13] Even when school closures are temporary, it carries high social and economic costs. [14]