ജി.എച്ച്.എസ്.എസ്. വെള്ളൂർ/അക്ഷരവൃക്ഷം/COVID-19:PANDEMIC DEVOURING THE WORLD
COVID - 19 : PANDEMIC DEVOURING THE WORLD
Corona virus COVID-19 pandemic is the defringing global health crisis of our time and the greatest challenge we have faced since World Wartwo.Since its emergence in Asia late last year the virus has spread to every continent exept Antartica.Cases are rising daily in Africa ,America and Europe. The Corona virus outbreak came to light on December 31,2019 when China informed the World Health Organisation of a cluster of cases of Pneumonia of an unknown cause in Wuhan city in Hubei province.Subsequently the disease spread to more provinces in China and to the rest of the world.The WHO has declared it a pandemic.The virus has been named SARS-COV-2 and the disease is now called COVID-19. Countries are racing to slow the spread of the virus by testing and treating patients,carrying out contact tracing ,limiting travel, quarentining citizens and cancelling large gatherings like sports events,concerts and schools. The pandemic moving like a wave-one that may get crash on those least able to cope.But COVID-19 is much more than a health crisis.Bystressing everyone of the countries it touches ,it has the potential to create devastaling social,economic and political crises.World's greatest cities are deserted .Across the world , shopes.theatres,restaurants and bars are clossing.Added to this were;a global slowdown,alteration in social behaviour, new environmental norms etc. Idia has acted with speed in the wake of the pandemicand declared the lockdown early on.Prime Minister has declared the pandemic as a serious global crisis and announced a series of steps such as a 'one day people curfew' on march 22,and 'Social Distancing'.the setting up of COVID-19 , Taskforce under the Finance Minister to come up with measures to mitigate the economic handship engendered by the pandemic,and finally a three week long lockdown.Several precautionary measures based on guidlines in vogue else where in the world for preventing pandemic of this kind also been introduced including 'Home Isolation','Home Quarantine'etc. Kerala was better equipped to deal with the crisis than most places. To prevent the spread of COVID-19.we have to follow the advices provided by the health agencies and take appropriate precautions.
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