Impact of COVID 19 Pandemics

The recent crisis due to the coronavirus disease of 2019 (also known as COVID 19) which is caused by the novel coronavirus Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-COV-2) is the biggest pandemic of our lifetime. So, guys today I am not here to talk about how this emerges out and it spread but we will talk on the undeniable changes it has come up along with it. Many of changes we are witness in our day to day life, but some are inevitable once we get over this pandemic.

Changes in our Day to Day Life

We are witness that our perspective of living has changed… Apparently Masks have entered in to our dressing sense. On a serious note it is compulsory to wear a mask… One thing I have is that many of us are washing our hands very frequently throughout the day which is good but again question arises on water availability issues which is more prominent in India.

The centres for disaster control and prevention and other medical guidelines have urged people to avoid handshakes, and in this case people across the globe are following Indian greeting style NAMASTE.

Public Gatherings

All across the globe public gatherings are restricted and people are urged not to gather. In India too any type of public gathering is not allowed.

Festivals have also gone uncelebrated and people are asked to work from home.

Stockpiling and Price rise

People started to stock up essential thing like food and medical stuff. And in this rush to stock up essential thing many incidents of violation of social distancing norms have been witnessed.

At other end hand shopkeepers and wholesalers have also grabbed this opportunity for self-centred benefits. Looking at the high demand for essential items in market shopkeepers started selling it at a high price, where there are incidents reported that sanitizers have been sold at 5 times higher…

With one report showing that sales of several products on Amazon, namely sanitizers and medical face masks, rose at least 50% higher than their 90-day average after the World Health Organization declared an emergency.

Aftermaths of COVID 19

We have talked a lot about coronavirus impacts on different aspects in day to day life, but let us think of the aftermaths post COVID 19 pandemics.

Post COVID 19 Economy

As we can see the world is slowly going back to work, but people are slowly adapting to the “NEW NORMAL”. The economic and social impacts are unprecedented. According to one estimation many countries will witness negative growth rate up to 5-15%. India's growth in the fourth quarter of the fiscal year 2020 went down to 3.1% according to Ministry of Statistics. But if there are problems there are solution to it. As we all noticed the growing tension between China and many other countries in this pandemic situation. I think due to this there are many opportunities waiting for us in near future. Many IT sector firms and companies are showing their interest to invest in India.

There can be a movement of capital away from china in manufacturing sector, which will present a great advantage to India, and India needs to focus on that.

Creating Employment

Creating employment would be big and important task. Job loss is a major crisis. According to CMIE’s (Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy) 27 million youth between age group of 20-30 years lost their jobs in April 2020 due to lockdown to prevent the spread of COVID 19. So, after COVID 19 strategy should be developed to create Entry-level and Mid-level jobs in large numbers.

People also have to take an initiative to start off with new creative ideas. I think innovation and changes are must post COVID 19 pandemic, and this innovation can lead towards attraction of foreign companies to invest in India.

Health Sector

Health sector is a major concern for the world. This pandemic has shown us how incapable we are in providing medical facilities and infrastructure to a large mass of people at a right time. This pandemic targets the management system of the medical sector. A large cluster of cases suddenly come up putting the management system of medical infrastructure into crisis like situation.

Many countries which are have excellent medical infrastructure have also been witnessing huge crisis. The main challenge across the globe post COVID 19 is to have a sustainable medical system which can not only safeguard the citizens but also safeguard the warriors of the system because we have witnessed many health care workers have also been affected.

On other hand if we think positively then India’s medical infrastructure has seen a good amount of development during this pandemic. Many Indian companies have started manufacturing ventilators on a large scale. But a long way to go for country like India where there is a large number of people living below poverty line.

On the contrary people themselves have to take care of there own health. As we have discovered this new type of disease which is highly infectious, Infront of which many countries healthcare system has collapsed. So, in future we have to be more cautious in our day to day routine. Governments across the globe have to ponder upon the health sector budget and its advancement.

At last I want to quote one saying of Prime Minister Narendra Modi which he very rightly said,

“Jaan Hai To Jahaan Hai”

Meaning if you have life, you have the world…