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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | No apocalypse now -Shah Alam Khan

No apocalypse now -Shah Alam Khan

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published Published on Mar 13, 2020   modified Modified on Mar 13, 2020

-The Indian Express

Threat from coronavirus is real, demands vigilance. But responses to it are bordering on paranoia.

In The Plague, Albert Camus describes the French town of Oran, which is swept by a plague leading to the death of thousands of inhabitants. Camus’s novel is the story of a community struck by a destructive force, to which it refuses to surrender. The outbreak of the COVID-19 Novel Coronavirus epidemic and the response to it from people and countries are not so different from Camus’s plot.

In India, there has been an unprecedented response to this brewing pandemic. Conferences and public events have been cancelled, weddings postponed, schools have been closed and even Prime Minister Narendra Modi called off the regular Holi milan programme fearing the spread of the virus. Visas have been cancelled and the country is in a virtual lockdown. The frantic buying of protective masks and hand sanitisers and the surge in prices of these items is a small indicator of the collective paranoia which has swept us. The WHO has declared the disease a pandemic.

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The Indian Express, 13 March, 2020, https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/no-apocalypse-now-coronavirus-pandemic-who-6311553/


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