India 21 day lockdown - What is open & What is closed

Yesterday India's Prime minister Narendra Modi ordered a complete lockdown for 21 days & people were in a panic as to know what all things are open & what is closed.

Below is a list of services for the same:

What is open:

• Hospitals and other related medical establishments
• Shops, including ration shops, dealing with food, groceries, fruits and vegetables, dairy and milk booths
• Banks, insurance offices and ATMs
• Print and electronic media
• Delivery of all essential goods including food, medicine, medical equipment through e-commerce
• Petrol pumps, LPG, petroleum and gas retail and storage outlets
• Police, home guards, civil defence, fire and emergency services, disaster management and prison
• Electricity, water and sanitation 
• Municipal bodies - only staff required for essential services like sanitation, personnel related to water supply, etc 
• District administration and treasury 
• In case of funerals, congregation of not more than 20 persons will be permitted 
• Hotels, lodges, motels and homestays accommodating tourists and people stranded due to lockdown 
• Telecommunications, internet services, broadcasting and cable services, IT and IT-enabled services will have to work from home as far as possible 
• Power generation, transmission, and distribution units and services 
• Capital and debt market services as notified by the securities and exchange board of India

What is closed:

• Offices of government of India, its autonomous/ subordinate offices and public corporations 
• All transport services - air, rail, roadways 
• All educational, training, research, coaching institutions, etc 
• All places of worship. No religious congregations will be permitted, without any exception 
• All social, political, sports, entertainment, academic, cultural, religious functions/ gatherings is barred 
• Hospitality services 
• Industrial establishments 

Online resources to keep children/kids busy during Covid-19 lockdown

With complete lockdown in place for 21 days in India - some of the common questions , all kids/children are asking their parents are:
- I am getting bored at home.
- What should I do.
- Can I go outside to play.
- Can I watch YouTube?

Answer is:

Since many kids are/will be home from school,  sharing an awesome list of ideas from a parent who homeschools.

Online resources:
- BrainPop
- Curiosity Stream
- Tynker
- Outschool
- Udemy
- iReady
- Beast Academy (Math)
- Khan Academy
- Creative Bug
- Discovery Education

YouTube Channels:
- Crash Course Kids
- Science Channel
- SciShow Kids
- National  Geographic Kids
- Free School
- Geography Focus
- TheBrainScoop
- SciShow
- Kids Learning Tube
- Geeek Gurl Diaries
- Mike Likes Science
- Science Max
- SoulPancake

Lots of board games, library books (and Kindle), tinkering/upcycling with household junk, etc.
Some resources to help with kids at home:

*Scholastic has created a free learn-from-home site with 20+ days of learning and activities.

https://classroommagazines.scholastic.com/support/learnathome.html

*Pretend to travel the world..Go on a virtual tour of these 12 famous museums.

https://www.travelandleisure.com/attractions/museums-galleries/museums-with-virtual-tours

*This is the awesome free curriculum that we use. Everything from preschool activities to 12th grade is here!

https://allinonehomeschool.com/

*List of thinking games by grade: https://allinonehomeschool.com/thinking/

**More awesome free learning websites that we like to use**

https://www.starfall.com/h/

https://www.abcya.com/

https://www.funbrain.com/

https://www.splashlearn.com/

https://www.storylineonline.net/

https://pbskids.org/

https://www.highlightskids.com/

https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/

https://www.coolmath4kids.com/

http://www.mathgametime.com/

https://www.uniteforliteracy.com/

http://www.literactive.com/Home/index.asp

http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/

https://www.switchzoo.com/

https://www.seussville.com/

https://www.turtlediary.com/

https://www.e-learningforkids.org/

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Am I having Coronavirus? Do your Covid-19 Risk Assessment powered by Apollo

There is a lot of panic, fear and anxiety among people in India whether normal cough cold means I am having coronavirus.

People try to reach out to doctors to test for coronavirus but doctor says we cannot do your test as there are no covid-19 symptoms.

So how can you risk assess yourself for Covid-19. Here's how:

This link is created by Apollo and it will help you to understand your current health condition.  Please use it and share it with your friends and family members
https://covid.apollo247.com

Not sure how correct the assessment is. But worth a try.

Till then #StayAtHome #India

Narendra Modi's India in a complete lockdown for 21 days amidst increase in coronavirus cases

India's Prime minister has ordered a complete lockdown in India for 21 days starting midnight of 25th March amidst increase in the number of coronavirus cases.

After the news, there was a complete chaos in the country with people fearing all grocery shops will closed and rushing to buy stuff.

Why didn't the prime minister in his speech mention that essential services will still be available. What's the point in tweeting after the speech is finish and people have already flooded the roads to reach the grocery stores to buy the essential goods.

Whatever the case a complete lockdown was definitely needed for India. Although it should have been declared a week ago, there could have been chances of less coronavirus cases reported positive.

Hope it is better late than never. Time will only tell.

Till then #StayAtHome #India