COVID-19 Outbreak: Nature has played a wonderful game with all of us! (COVID-19 : Story 1)

Ahmedabad, March 27 2020: Nature has played a wonderful game with all of us! Within few days Nature controlled over all our mischief / misbehaviour / wrong doings. Man created with huge expenses - Roads, transport facilities, bus transportation, railways, airplanes and now all are useless – it cost nothing at all!

Having taken the human race hostage for four months, nature indirectly stated, "This earth is the shared property of all creatures; it is not for humans alone."

Wherever I am (human) - in USA, in India, in Sudan, in Italy, in China - Whoever I am Christian, Hindu, Muslim or anybody – Whatever my position a Prime Minister or a Big Business Tycoon or Hollywood Hero or a Small Sweeper – I become One Man – I speaks one language only - Corona.

Nature showed us our place and told us “Do not go against the laws of nature, otherwise things will not be natural i.e Beside the Point. Nature has united us the humanity, Nature has united the world. Right now, we are experiencing global unity – global solidarity - And we started helping each-other with the best capacity, without any borders and boundaries, without any religion, without any position.  

Global Solidarity started when 2019 Novell Coronavirus has got new name COVID19. Viruses are named based on their genetic structure to facilitate the development of diagnostic tests, vaccines and medicines. WHO announced “COVID-19” as the name of this new disease on 11 February 2020, guidelines previously developed with the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

Indian government has started massive preventive campaigns using different means of communications. It went well when PM Modi has announced India stay indoor for 1 day with the name ‘Janta Curfew’ and then 21-days lockdown to control and curb the coronavirus spread which is the human touch deadly disease. On 13 March 2020 WHO and UN Foundation has started first of its kind COVID-19 solidarity response fund and soon after on 15 March 2020 PM Modi has urged SAARC nations to donate fund and announced India’s initiation with $10 million contribution offers.   

SAARC Emergency Fund as on 23 March 2020:

SAARC Country	Voluntarily Fund Contribution	Total Population (Data as on 2017)	Total COVID19 Cases
India	USD$ 10 million	133.92 crores	863
Sri Lanka	USD$ 5 million	2.14 crores	106
Bangladesh	USD$ 1.5 million	16.47 crores	48
Nepal	USD$ 1 million	2.93 crores	4
Afghanistan	USD$ 1 million	3.55 crores	94
Maldives	USD$ 200,000	4.36 lakhs	14
Bhutan	USD$ 100.000	8.08 lakhs	3
Pakistan	----	19.7 crore	1296
Total Accumulated Sum	USD$18.8 million

Source: Computed Data from Internet Sources

Contributed by: Bharat Thakkar, Business Mentor and Founder of Business Growth Technique Partners Network (BGTPN) and Dr. Shashikant Bhagat, Faculty, National Institute of Mass Communication and Journalism (NIMCJ), Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.