Corona, the crown of virus, is threatening the world like anything done before. This
invisible to eyes, virus, has shaken the masses of all despite however strong
the countries are. No one anticipated the virus would spread at this vast but India
being the second largest population country in the world had drastic control
over the virus. Like any other countries the virus entered India through passengers
landing from foreign countries, though the number of affected has rose to 150 now
the awareness among people to hands clean had greatly turned down the spreading
of virus and shutting down on places wherever people gather should help prevent further and downstream the
virus. Though the media creates lot of hype and make news’s to panic people,
the widespread knowledge shared on corona is quite dynamic.
Tamils is a
community where hands and legs washed is practiced on daily basis whenever
someone enter the home from outside but this culture was forgotten in the urbanisation
and city life where people live on apartments the most, we can’t expect this to
continue as water is not available always
outside the home. Now, this corona has created an opportunity to retrace this practice
and make realize people the importance of hand washing and schools in
particular insisted this in kids/students which became obvious when one my nephew
(age 5) rushed to washbasin when we offered him something to eat when he
visited us. Still I feel not many people are fully conscious about this spread
of virus and are indifference thinking it won’t affect us as the number the
victims are less compared to many developed countries, but I can’t image what a similar
situation could India face if the virus spread seriously.
Though the
economy of the country going to hit hard due to block of trade and
entertainment but in a state of life-and-death we can’t think better and it is
all in our hands and limiting our activities is the only way to enhance the downgrade
of the virus. Let’s stay home and watch things settle for good as we have nothing
to do to stop it immediate or bring remedy, let stick to the adage ‘prevention is better than cure’ and all work
towards that.