Even though many countries have concentrated their efforts to return to normalcy, the gross global picture in backdrop of the pandemic remains miles behind what can be called as anything definitely hopeful. If there are reductions in cases and deaths in some continents, new eruptions or resurgences have kept everyone on edge. Sparks of hope have generated as there are news that making of the vaccine is gaining solid progress. But, to say facts, there might still be months from having anything concrete and it’s the endless fight that remains the only task of the entire humanity. And, as if as an endorsement to the current pressure-cooker like scenario, WHO on Wednesday in a telling ‘confession’ said that the lethal virus may never go away and populations around the world will have to learn to live with it. The inner message is quite easy to understand- the fight must be kept alive and ultimate chunk of the onus will have to be shouldered by the people themselves.

WHO has refrained itself from concealing facts and has been candid enough to lay on table the hard realities. The core revelations are two-dimensional: there is every possibility that coronavirus may be here to stay for a long time and as of now, it’s impossible to predict when it might be controlled in real terms. The apex world health watchdog has cited the HIV experience to explain the current gloomy picture and said that Covid-19 may also settle as yet another endemic among communities. Regarding the vaccine, while exuding hope that it may come sooner or later, WHO has also shared the approaching possibilities concerning the difficulties in mass production and more significantly their global distribution surpassing the narrow concept of ‘first and third world’ statuses that define nations broadly. A sea of challenges awaits the world and it’s the quality of responses that will define the tomorrow. India, has been struggling and it is not sure what will unfold over the next one and a half month. The lockdown has been punishing, yet, the number of cases and casualties show little sign of ebbing out and the goal of attaining the ‘flattening the curve’ is only having a hazy presence on the horizon.

What transpires thus is that the final yet most vital responsibility of the fightback will fall on citizens. Lockdown can never be a permanent solution for an economically unequal country like India and for sustaining the normal way of life, the caveats will be too crucial to ignore.

Arunachal is enjoying freedom of the ‘green’ tag. But it will take little time for a downgrade. Citizens must never give room to complacency. Social distancing and the redefined concepts of hygiene are all here to stay. 

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Kenter Joya Riba

(Managing Editor)
      She is a graduate in Science with post graduation in Sociology from University of Pune. She has been in the media industry for nearly a decade. Before turning to print business, she has been associated with radio and television.
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