COVID-19: The India Story. A timeline thread. 👇
India's first COVID case was detected in Jan2020. PM Modi on 24th & 25th Feb 2020 was doing this:
On 13th March 2020:
22nd March, 2020.
When banging thaali and taali in balcony was first response, not improving health infrastructure.
25th March, 2020.
Where citizens were told that we will WIN war against coronavirus in 21 days.
25th March, 2020.
PM Modi's 'solution' to coronavirus ignored migrant workers and daily wagers. Leading to one of the worst humanitarian crisis the world has seen.
27th March 2020: Migrant workers forced to march home on foot
2nd April, 2020: Migrant workers' plight prompts UN call for domestic solidarity.
3rd April, 2020: PM asks citizens to light candles and diyas to mark coronavirus fight, as migrant workers continue being forced to walk home.
4th April 2020:
15 April 2020:
20th April, 2020: Migrant workers left without even basics life food and shelter.
2nd May 2020: Desperate measures.
6th May, 2020: In the midst of the pandemic.
16th May 2020
15th May, 2020
16th May, 2020: Congress offers to run 1000 buses from Delhi to UP for migrant workers.
18th May, 2020: Govt refuses the buses as they stay waiting at the UP borders with migrant workers.
20th May 2020
21st May, 2020: Busses forced to return from borders.
30th May, 2020: After having disappeared for entire April and May, while migrant workers were dying like flies.
4th and 5th June, 2020.
16th June: During the pandemic.
28th June, 2020.
28th June, 2020: migrant workers crisis continues.
28th June, 2020
28th August, 2020: India records highest single day spike in the world.
29th August, 2020: Finally Health Minister takes note of the pandemic.
14th September, 2020: Govt asked for data of migrant workers' deaths in parliament. They say they have no data.
22nd Oct, 2020: BJP shamelessly promises free vaccines if they win in their Bihar manifesto 🤦♀️
28th Oct, 2020
Sorry missed this.
5th October, 2020: As people were dying of starvation during lockdown, food was being wasted at godowns.
20th October, 2020.
28th Nov, 2020: PM goes on a tour of vaccine centers to give gyan to vaccine makers. Doesn't place sufficient orders for procurement though 🙄
27th December, 2020: Union Minister 🙁
28th Jan, 2021: our visionary PM Modi, at Davos, declared that we defeated COVID.
31st Jan, 2021
2nd Feb, 2021: Parliamentary panel presented report warning about potential or upcoming oxygen shortage.
Sorry missed this from Jan 16th 2021, when we started vaccinating. Note that on 15th August 2020 PM Modi said that they will start vaccinating on a "war footing", " distribution roadmap is ready and that "there are three vaccinations."
25th Feb, 2021: No one still knows what was done with PM CARES fund
1st March 2021
21st March, 2021
22nd March, 2021
1st April, 2021
1st April, 2021:
3rd April, 2021
8th April, 2021
8th April, 2021: "We defeated COVID without vaccine"
10th April, 2021:
10th April, 2021:
12th April, 2021
14th April, 2021
14th April, 2021
15th April, 2021
16th April, 2021
Sorry missed this. 6th April, 2021
18th April, 2021
18th April, 2021
19th April, 2021
19th April, 2021
20th April, 2021
20th April, 2021
20th April, 2021
20th April, 2021
21st April, 2021
21st April, 2021
23rd April, 2021
24th April, 2021
25th April, 2021
25th April, 2021
26th April, 2021
26th April, 2021
27th April, 2021
27th April, 2021
29th April 2021
29th April, 2021
28th April, 2021
1st May, 2021
2nd May, 2021
2nd May, 2021
Sorry, missed this important one from 28th April, 2021
4th May, 2021
4th May, 2021
5th May, 2021
Missed this from 26th April, 2021
4th May, 2021
From 27th March 2021. Missed it earlier🤦♀️
3rd May, 2021
6th May, 2021
7th May, 2021
8th May, 2021
8th May, 2021
9th May, 2021
10th May, 2021
10th May, 2021
10th May, 2021
12th May, 2021
13th May, 2021
14th May, 2021: Ivermectin dropped as Covid19 drug.
17th May, 2021: Ivermectin tablets to be distributed by Goa govt to prevent from Covid 🤦♀️
15th May, 2021
18th May, 2021
19th May, 2021
20th May, 2021
21st May, 2021
21st May, 2021: Finally PM comes out of hiding.
Forgot to add this. 15th May, 2021
23rd May, 2021
26th May, 2021
25th May, 2021
7th June, 2021
Share this Scrolly Tale with your friends.
A Scrolly Tale is a new way to read Twitter threads with a more visually immersive experience.
Discover more beautiful Scrolly Tales like this.