It was early January 2020, when the world heard the name of the deadly disease Corona, which was spreading rapidly in China. A lot of people in China visited hospitals with cough and respiratory problems that China had to build separate hospitals for these patients. It became an epidemic and in a few days, many people in the Chinese province of Wohan became infected, fell ill with the virus, and lost their lives.
Research on patients revealed that all of these patients had contracted a new virus named COVID-19. Symptoms of the virus included fever, cough, and difficulty in breathing.
Start of Lockdown, precautionary advises and quarantine
It is an infectious disease that is spread through the breath of an infected patient and the solution to this is quarantine - quarantine, the patient or the affected person should be kept separate. Despite taking necessary precautions, like any other epidemic, COVID-19 spread across Europe, the United States, and the rest of the world, crossing the borders of China. Many countries issued standard operating procedures SOP’s to stop the spread of disease in their countries. It was made mandatory to wear a mask when going out. People were prohibited from leaving homes unnecessarily or going to crowded places.
Social distancing and a distance of 3 meters were strictly advised, but people ignored it at first, and the coronavirus took hold in early March in Italy, Spain, Germany, and Iran.
The deaths of thousands in just a few days in Italy and Iran shook the world. Corona is not a joke, that's what the whole world knew then. Every country closed its borders to defend itself against corona. The war against Corona began. Slogans such as "Don't be afraid of Corona, but fight." made public.
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By March 220, the biggest lockdown of the century began in the world. All air, sea, and land traffic was suspended until mid-March. Schools were closed and all exams were canceled. All markets, hotels, and parks were closed. Many countries have imposed strict curfews. Mosques, churches, temples, all places of worship were either closed or traffic was restricted there. Fear of unseen death haunted the whole world.
It was as if the whole world had stopped. Roads filled with the pressure of countless vehicles were deserted all the time. Carts of goods were left at the seaports. Birds began flying instead of planes at the world's busiest airports. There was a strange fear, a strange desolation. You can't go anywhere and no one can come to your house. You didn’t know who is carrying the virus and infects you? Corona patients were divided into three categories. According to the investigation, the virus appears 7 to 14 days after entering the body, but during this time, such an “A” category person is a carrier of germs and could transmit the virus to all people. Corona affected each patient in different ways. Some patients had a mild cold and would recover in 10-14 days without any medication and some people would not be able to breathe even after being kept in the hospital on a ventilator and they would die.
Unfortunately, there was no drug or vaccine available for Corona at that time and Corona took hold in all countries. Hospitals got immense pressure with the rising number of corona patients. Even the richest countries in the world seemed to be losing against COVID-19.
In the first three months alone, about 15 million people were victims of Corona, of which 450,000 died. The number of Corona victims rose to 22 million in six months, with 800,000 deaths by August 2020. Corona patients were not only quarantined but they were tracked and all of their affiliates were also tested for corona to stop the spread of disease.
Separate hospitals were set up for Corona patients and doctors continued to perform their duties despite all fears. Doctors played a leading role in the fight against Corona. Many doctors themselves fell victim to corona and lost their lives. Corona took the youth along with the elders. Although children showed immunity against COVID-19 and we didn't saw many children affected with corona.The good diet was recommended for immunity against corona.
People were confined to their homes during the Corona Lockdown. Only food shops, medical stores, and a few offices were allowed to open. At such a time, the Internet became a blessing. No one knew when that time would end and when a safe and free movement would begin? Office and business activities have been made online. Schools also started online classes to continue their studies. It all seemed difficult at first, but gradually people got used to it
The Corona-Graph curve began to decline in Europe by June. Corona made the United States, Brazil, and India a new hotspots after wreaking havoc in Europe.
People were not allowed to see a very sick patient, even to touch or see a corpse after death. The body was wrapped in a shopper or wrapped in a wooden shroud and pulled by ropes to be lowered into the grave.
Lockdown easing
The prolonged lockdown had paralyzed people's nerves. People began to suffer from emotional stress and depression. The closure of the business, the financial difficulties took over the fear of death and people began to put pressure on the governments to open the business with precautionary measures. Governments released aid money to help the people but it was insufficient or did not reach the beneficiaries.
Finally, in June, many countries eased the lockdown, but social distance orders remained in order. Schools and gatherings were also restricted. The world began to learn to live with Corona ۔
The 10 most visited countries from Corona
By the end of August, there is an estimated number of deaths from the 10 most affected countries in the world. The chart of the most affected countries continued to vary throughout the corona epidemic period.
Many countries were lucky, such as China and Italy as their position in the corona charts continued declining. Asides, corona graphs of a few countries continued to rise in the top 10 most affected countries, such as the United States, India, and Brazil.
By August, there were approximately 22 million confirmed corona cases with 800,000 deaths from more than 188 countries around the world. More than half of the corona cases were from three countries, the United States, Brazil, and India. China, the country from which corona spread around the world, with 84,000 corona cases and 5,000 deaths was at number 33 on the corona chart.
Italy surpassed China in March and sounded the alarm for the world with hundreds of deaths a day, and in August it was ranked 17th in controlling the virus, with 2.5 million cases by the end of August. There have been 35,000 deaths so far. ۔ The United States surpassed Italy and China in April
but unfortunately, it seems to have been fighting the virus for a long time. The United States lost about 22 million people to the Corona epidemic.
In addition, the proportion of patients and deaths recovered from Corona varies from country to country. Most Asian countries have been fortunate in achieving maximum success and showed great ammunity against the coronavirus, and many infected patients have recovered in a very short time, while residents of European and American countries have had a real struggle against the corona rehabilitation period. The death toll ratio against fighting Corona was higher in European countries.
In August, Latin American countries were the 10 most corona affected countries.
Although India imposed a severe lockdown as soon as it started spreading corona in the country in March even then India is on the third number among affected countries to see an increase in corona deaths by the end of August. Corona also tried to gain a foothold in many other countries such as Pakistan, Turkey, Bangladesh, Germany, UK and Japan, but through effective security measures and policies, these countries gradually slipped out of the top 10 charts.
Corona's impact on the economy
After wreaking havoc on the continents, Corona's had a severe effect on the economy of the world. Many people lost their loved ones. Many businesses were closed. People became unemployed. Thousands lost their jobs. Many left homeless for not paying rents. The private schools, restaurant, saloons, gyms and many small business had to bear severe losses and shutdowns.
A lesson from Corona
Corona taught the world that no matter how much man develops, he is still helpless in front of nature. Decades later, in the days of the lockdown, the world has seen clean air free from smoke, noise, and pollution. In many places, animals roamed the streets fearlessly, searching for their ruined habitats. People running, running, and trampling the world suddenly stopped, stopped and the ground began to breathe.
The world is moving in a new direction and it seems that the world will not be able to get out of the evil effects of Corona for long.