NAME: KENT JOHN M.

ROQUE COURSE & BLOCK: BSA-2B

“Corona virus and the future of

globalization”

The Corona Virus Disease also known as COVID-19 is a transmittable ailment that is caused by the latest type of

Corona Virus. The said virus is known to be mainly dispersed from person to person thru close contact or the droplets

released by a COVID-19 positive patient. In addition, though the virus mainly spreads from in-person interaction, it was

discovered that a residue of the virus is found at the objects last touched by a sick person. This being the case, the World

Health Organization, released a guideline that serve as the backbone of the rules and regulations for health and safety that

was adopted by different countries such guideline includes social distancing, frequent washing and disinfecting of hands, etc.

What is more, the COVID- 19 has been ruthless, rampaging thru international borders causing a lot of countries to be put

under an indefinite lockdown such as the India, China, France, Italy, Poland and the UK. It is safe to say that the world has

now shifted to its emergency mode as it is facing the new and deadly COVID-19 pandemic.

In view of the COVID-19 pandemic, numerous countries are now put under a lockdown due to the following reasons,

to start with, lockdown is an emergency protocol that usually prevents anyone or anything from leaving or entering a certain

area. Keeping this in mind, it will help in preventing cross-border contamination at the expense of the decrease or stagnant

result in the international transactions of a country thus, its economy will deal heavy blows due to its sudden loss on global

profits. In addition, with the implementation of lockdown, it will also be accompanied with a stay at home order which will

further affect the economy of a country because its internal flow of income will be motionless. The government’s focus at

the moment will be on sustaining its constituents in the context of food & safety and how to efficiently use its remaining funds.

Indeed, the COVID-19 pandemic is having a cataclysmal impact not only on the government but also to the businesses and

corporations that are mainly dependent on cross national industry. With the current state of the world, the future of

globalization is now at risk due to the fact that the COVID-19 pandemic will leave a scar on the said industry and may have
negative impacts on the idea of internationalization and / or globalization. Moreover, those countries that have been a long

supplier of goods may face a huge loss on its profit due to the reason that a lot of countries will now follow the trend of

strengthening their own manufacturing industry because most of them will be afraid on the idea of cross national

contamination or the re-emergence of the virus. In all honesty, nothing in this world will go back to its original state after

the annihilation the COVID-19 virus. Considering all of the statements above, I can say that we will face a new “norm” and with

that, we will see how globalization and internationalization cope’s up.

As a final point, I have confidence that our first-rate scientist will find a way to beat this virus and I hope

that when everything normalize, people will still trust the effects and advantages given by globalization. At the same time, we

will need to put an effort on purging the problems such as social and economic disparities triggered by the COVID-19 virus.