Coronavirus or Covid-19 is an infectious disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus. It is a viral disease that turned into a pandemic in early 2020. The first known case was recorded in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. Coronavirus has multiple variants such as Delta and Omicron, and its most common symptoms are fever, chills and sore throat.
The virus spreads through liquid particles when the infected person coughs, sneezes or breathes – it has a high multiplication rate. Therefore, the world had taken measures to quarantine or isolate those infected. While the disease can be mild and recoverable, those older or with underlying medical conditions are more likely to be adversely affected. The disease caused according to WHO estimates 3 million deaths in 2020.
I might sound snarky, but if the one takeaway us Indians have from this pandemic is to exercise greater personal hygiene and social hygiene (in public areas, no spitting paan and/or mucus at anything resembling a corner, no clearing one’s nose and then causally wiping it on the nearest wall/pole, etc.) at all times, then we’d have achieved a great deal.
Of course, it’ll also help a great deal if the swacha bharat movement of the government extends from external cleanliness to personal hygiene, like providing liquid handwash, etc. in public toilets, and educating street vendors, especially those dealing with food, to exercise personal hygiene (where a pani puri or a sandwich wala no longer casually starches their nethers and then continues preparing food.)
What ever, i just want my freebies subsidies reservation loan waivers.