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COVID-19 GLOBAL PANDEMIC The New Normal
The turn of the new decade brought an unforeseen situation in which the world had to go into hibernation . This came with several side effects on nations , communities and families with several unforeseen challenges that came with a global pandemic .
By mid-February , rumors were circulating about a " Corona thing that emerged from Whuhan ". Early in March , things took a turn for the worse , and by April , it had spread to almost every nation on the globe . The novel strain of coronavirus — SARS-CoV-2 — was first detected in December 2019 in Wuhan , a city in China ’ s Hubei province with a population of 11 million , after an outbreak of pneumonia without an obvious cause . The virus has now spread to over 200 countries and territories across the globe , and characterised as a pandemic by the World Health Organization ( WHO ) on 11 March 2020 .
It became a name that we understood called COVID-19 that came with strict precautionary measures such as wearing masks , social distancing and lock-down as part of everyday immediately . Coronavirus are a family of viruses that include the common cold , SARS and MERS . COVID-19 affects different people in different ways . Most infected people will develop mild-to-moderate illness and recover without hospitalization .
Communities around the world continuously respond to the rapidly evolving situation around COVID-19 , as they try to adapt to ‘ the new normal ’.
Majority of countries have ‘ opened ’ up for economic reasons , taking precaution remains the best way to flatten the curve .
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