When Wuhan and the majority of the Hubei Province in China were put under lockdown in January , critics were   concerned that the unprecedented and extreme societal restriction might not be an in force elbow room tohalt the spreadofCOVID-19 . Thankfully , the harsh measuring mean that the state cover no new case of domestically transmitted COVID-19 last workweek for the first time since the eruption began . In light of the success of the lockdown , other unnatural countries are following suit ascases continue to hang glide .

It ’s now thought around 20 percent of the global population , or one in five masses , are under lockdown , reportsThe Guardian . Germany and the UK have banned gatherings of more than two people , New Zealand has enforce a four - week lockdown , Hong Kong has halt entry to the country to all non - citizen , and Italy , which has had the most font of any state outside China , has been on lockdown for two calendar week .

At the time of piece of writing , the current world decease cost from the devastating SARS - CoV-2 pandemic stands at 17,150 , according toWorldometers , with current and confirmed cases top off 390,000 . As more relaxed approaches seen in affected countries appear to be failing , more and more land are opting for the exacting lockdown measure first carried out in Wuhan and the Hubei Province .

Across 35 of the worst - strike commonwealth , it ’s estimated that around 900 million multitude were under quarantine on Saturday , March 21 , 600,000 million of which did so under obligatory government lockdown orders penal by law enforcement , according to anAFP tally . Since then , numbers are approximate to have   topped1.7 billionafter Amerindic Prime Minister Narendra Modi imposed a lockdown on 75 of India ’s districts including New Delhi , Mumbai , Bangalore , Chennai , Hyderabad , and Kolkata , where confinement will rest in place until at least March 31 .

The UK government announced a three - week lockdown yesterday after citizens continued to fit in groups without keeping to the advised 2 - time distance . The imprimatur affecting around 66 million citizens has been put in place until at least April 13 .

In the United States , New York City has gone into lockdown after its confirmed cases reached 15,000   – virtually half of the state ’s total numeral of cases , account for5 percent of global COVID-19 event . It ’s believe around 40 per centum of US citizens are now under limitation .

As the worst - attain region in Europe , Italy has been on lockdown since March 9 when Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte imposed a national quarantine . The quarantine restrict the drift of Italian occupier only allowing people to leave their homes for all-important work , to collect food and music and to take the air deary or front a fine .   In reaction to those ignoring the rules , or as one Italian city manager put it , those roleplay like " Will Smith inI Am Legend " , Conte imposed even rigorous rules yesterday . At the same clip , bright news yesterday revealed that after experiencing the high number of deaths in a twenty-four hours on Saturday at 793,confirmed case have declined in Italyfor the second day run .

After the months of lockdown , China has announced it will lift the restriction on Wuhan and the Hubei Province on April 8 . The provincial government has already allowedsome tourist attractionsto reopen , has advocate therestoration of normal aesculapian services , and is machinate forpublic transport help to restart . Whether this means the lunar time period has turned on the pandemic is yet to be seen , but the more we have it off , the more prepared we can be to get it under control .

In the meanwhile , mass have to stay home and physically distance themselves . If anyone still does n’t understand why , just show them this gif .