Two years after imposing sweeping restrictions in wake of one of the deadliest health pandemics of history, COVID-19, which wreaked havoc across the globe, the Ministry of Home Affairs on Wednesday decided has decided to end all COVID-19 containment measures from March 31, 2022. However, wearing of face mask and maintaining social distancing norms will continue as earlier.
The Central government had on March 24, 2020, issued for the first time orders and guidelines under the Disaster Management Act, (DM Act) 2005 for the containment of COVID-19 in the country and these have been modified on various occasions.