Editorial note
COVID 19
Presented by:
Valentina Bahamón Restrepo
Teacher:
Daniela Acosta
Ceipa business school
Medellín
2021
COVID 19, the terrible pandemic
Coronavirus, much known as Covid 19 is an infectious disease, the
majority of the infected people with this virus experience mid to moderate
respiratory effects, that can be treated with special treatment, other people can
present even more serious complications if they present illness like diabetes,
cardiovascular problems or even cancer; the most common symptoms are
fever, dry cough and tiredness, it is clearly known that Covid 19 affects in a
more or less complicated way in each person, and most of the infected people if
they are lucky can recover themselves without hospitalization; others, the ones
who get complicated can present symptoms such as difficulty for breathing,
chest pain or pressure and loss of speech or movement; coronavirus spreads
primarily through droplets of saliva or discharge from the nose when an infected
person sneezes or coughs, normally it takes from 5 to 6 days to show
symptoms after the contact, and 14 days to be recovered. To prevent infection
or transmission it is important to wash hands regularly, avoid touching the face,
cover mouth and nose when sneezing or coughing, and stay home as much as
possible.
The world health organization (WHO) declared the virus outbreak an
internationally important public health emergency on January 30 of 2020 and by
March 11 declared it a pandemic. A pandemic that to the date has left more
than 150 million cases, almost 4 million deaths, but also more than 129 million
recovered worldwide.
The pandemic has not only caused serious effects in the health sector,
but also has had great effects on economy, education and even international
relations in many different countries and worldwide, and other problems that led
countries to act in a different way or another to deal with this situation.
“The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a dramatic loss of human life
worldwide and presents an unprecedented challenge to public health,
food systems and the world of work.” [ CITATION wor20 \l 22538 ]
The economic and social disruption caused by the pandemic is
devastating, millions of people are at risk of falling into extreme poverty, and
there are also almost 690 million of undernourished people.
Millions of enterprises face an existential threat, more than 3 billion of the
world’s workforce are at risk of losing their livelihoods. Informal workers are also
very vulnerable because most of the lack social protection and access to good
health, without omitting that there are people who live form day to day and that
the pandemic has made it even more difficult for them, with this situation many
are unable to feed themselves and their families, form some, no income means
no food. Many people have lost their jobs and the unemployment rates have
increased across major countries.
Student learning is another thing that the pandemic has showed effects
on, such as the uncertainty about the students’ achievements, as well as the
fact of not knowing when is going to return to in-person instruction.
It is clearly known that the pandemic has also caused effects on the
international relations worldwide, in some cases, exemplary political and state
leadership have been seen, but in the other cases the governance and
leadership crisis have also become more visible. United states (finance) and
China (manufacturing) both have exercised leadership in their areas of strength,
so the international affairs between these two countries have not seen to
affected.
What will be the geopolitical impact of the COVID 19 pandemic?
The geopolitical panorama is changing in many ways, in the first
instance, the crisis is increasing the probability of economic instability, as well
as the possibility of a bad governance and lack of transparency in several
countries; finally, the possibilities for regional cooperation are reduced due to
the lack of border connectivity, which makes international relations between
different countries difficult.
Conclusions
The coronavirus disease continues to spread across the world following
a trajectory that is difficult to predict. The health, humanitarian and socio-
economic policies adopted by countries will determine the speed and the
strength of the contagious and recovery.
A global effort is required to help and support the countries that do not
have the sufficient finance to face the pandemic.
As is expected to happen, this pandemic is going to last a very long time,
so all the changes that may present on the way must be taken with
expectation and responsibility, adapt to change is the best alternative to
go through this pandemic.
References
Drenzer, D. W. (8 de September de 2020). the washington post . Obtenido de
the washington post :
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/09/08/pandemics-
international-relations-covid-19/
Kuhfeld, M. (3 de December de 2020). brooking . Obtenido de brooking :
https://www.brookings.edu/blog/brown-center-
chalkboard/2020/12/03/how-is-covid-19-affecting-student-learning/
organization, w. h. (13 de October de 2020). world health organization .
Obtenido de world health organization :
https://www.who.int/news/item/13-10-2020-impact-of-covid-19-on-
people's-livelihoods-their-health-and-our-food-systems#:~:text=The
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https://www.gcsp.ch/global-insights/effect-covid-19-geopolitics-and-
relationships-china-and-united-states-economic
worldometer. (30 de April de 2021). worldometer. Obtenido de worldometer:
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/
