APREA revised submission to Insurance regulatory COVID 31st March 2020 13 April 2020
We hereby state that pursuant to declaration of COVID-19 as a ‘Pandemic’ by the World Health Organisation (WHO), Government Of India (GOI) has invoked the provisions of Section 2 of the Epidemic Disease Act, 1897 in order to curb the spread of COVID-19. Further, as a precautionary measure, as required to arrest the spread, various State Governments have ordered complete shut-down of shopping centres, malls, multiplexes/cinema halls, hotels, industrial and warehouse parks and private / corporate offices except those providing essential services from March 20, 2020 onwards. This has been further extended due to complete lockdown by Central Government across India until Mid April, 2020, with a possibility of further extension as exact time frame for controlling this Pandemic cannot be defined.
