DNA Special: One year later, how has COVID-19 changed our lives? WHO declared Coronavirus a pandemic on March 11, 2020 and India implemented the world's largest lockdown on March 24 last year. Share Updated: Mar 11, 2021, 06:11 AM IST Today (March 11) marks the first anniversary of the World Health Organization declaring the Coronavirus a pandemic. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had appealed to the people on that day not to participate in the Holi Milan programmes and avoid visiting crowded places. Then the Prime Minister himself was also implementing these things and asking the people to do s...