NAME: KASTURI A/P KANASAN

IC :040301-10-1582
NEW NORMS POST COVID-19 PANDEMIC
The world is shocked by a nightmare disease that have taken millions of human lives in a split of
seconds. The COVID-19 pandemic, also known as the coronavirus pandemic, is an ongoing
global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by severe acute respiratory
syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). This disease was first identified in Wuhan, China in
December 2019 but none took it serious until it became a life treating disease. The virus spreads
typically via small droplets which are spread when a person with COVID-19 coughs or
exhales. Another person can then catch the virus by breathing in these droplets or touching
objects contaminated by these droplets and then touching its eyes, nose or mouth. As a
responsible human we should always be proactive to avoid this disease. This is because
containment can only be achieved through sensible behavior and the observance of general
hygiene measures and especially of hand hygiene.
As a way to prevent COVID-19 we are advise to live in a new norm which gives importance to
hygiene and cleanliness. Health Minister have advice all the people practice the new norm in
order to prevent this disease from spreading widely. As a personal protection method, it grows
very important for all patients or healthy people to wear a mask that covers their mouth and nose.
Healthcare personnel who are involved in the treatment of patients must use more specialized
masks, glasses, visors, and special gowns. The spread of saliva and droplets from the respiratory
tract can be prevented when sick individuals use masks. This proves to be a very effective
method of preventing the environment from being infected. Viruses in the airborne droplets that
spread when sick people sneeze and cough can hang in the air for up to 3 hours. Sneezing or
coughing directly into someone else’s face may cause that person to catch the disease through
their eyes as well. To prevent that, using glasses can be protective.
Besides, it also gets more important how close we are to a sick person and how long we have
been that close. Maintaining the distance between people is expressed as social distancing, which
should be at least 1 meters especially indoors. Practically, the further away we keep from sick
individuals, the less likely we are to contract the disease. The use of masks by healthy people at
this stage can also prevent the droplets from reaching our respiratory tract and the virus load can
be reduced considerably depending on the feature of the mask used.
Adequate protection cannot be taken for granted even if sick and healthy individuals alike use
masks and comply with social distancing requirements. The disease can be transferred from
infected surfaces to our mouth, nose or eyes via our hands. Therefore, it is crucial not to touch
our mouth, nose and eyes with our hands. Hence, we are advise to wash ours hands each time
before we eat and after using the toilets in order to avoid bacteria and germs enter our body. This
is because we are not aware of the cleanliness of a surface that you have touched. Therefore,
washing our hands with soap for 20-30 seconds when we think they are dirty eliminates the
ability of viruses to infect. Apart from washing our hands with soap, alcohol-based hand
disinfectants are also known to disrupt the envelope structure of the virus and eliminate its ability
to infect.
Last but least , we need to practice new norm. For instance , as students and lecturers up and
down the country have suddenly had the clunky, awkward task of virtual lectures thrust upon
them. They have to conduct online classes because of the lockdown in order to break this
Corona virus chain. You may realised how technologically inept many of your professors are.
For many of them, this is the first time that they have delivered online courses, and while many
of them will get support from educational developers at their respective universities, their
navigation through the different options of materials may seem strange. Lecturing to a computer
monitor is very different from speaking in front of a class, and so things might be somewhat
more awkward than you had experienced in the classroom.
In conclusion, the pandemic is much more than a health crisis, it's also an unprecedented
socio-economic crisis. Stressing every one of the countries it touches, it has the potential to
create devastating social, economic and political effects that will leave deep and
longstanding scars . As human we should be thankful to the frontliners who work so hard to
break the COVID -19 chain.