The outbreak (‫ )تفشي‬of coronavirus disease (‫ )جائحة‬2019 (COVID-19) has created a

global health crisis that has had

a deep (‫ )عميق‬impact (‫ )أثر‬on the way (‫ )طريقة‬we perceive (‫ )نرى بها‬our world and our
everyday lives.
So what is the impact of the coronavirus pandemic ? how can we protect ourself and
our entourage ? how can we beat this pandemic ?

The global outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic has impacted over 188 countries and
millions of people on several levels : social, economic, educational lives and
overall well-being (‫)الراحة النفسية‬.

The global health crisis and the uncertainty resulting from it profoundly affected
our social live by closing several services : sport events, cinema, restaurants and
a lot of leisure places (‫)أماكن ترفيهية‬. The children were also affected because they
were deprived (‫ )محرومين‬of playing outside with their friends and forced to continue
their studies on remote (‫ )عن بعد‬during the quarantine (‫)الحجر الصحي‬.

Concerning the economic side, the pandemic (‫ )الوباء‬caused

the largest global recession in history ( ‫)أكبر ركود عالمي في التاريخ‬,
with more than a third of the global population at the time being placed on
lockdown.
( ‫تم وضع أكثر من ثلث سكان العالم في الوقت الحالي في حالة‬
‫)حظر‬.

One of the most dangerous consequences of this economic crisis is unemployment, the
International Labour Organization estimated on 7 April 2020 that more than 30
million jobs were lost in the first quarter alone, compared to 25 million during
the 2008 financial crisis. In USA for example, in March 2020 more than 10 million
Americans lost their jobs and applied for government aid (‫)مساعدات الدولة‬.

In addition, the pandemic has had a significant impact on aviation industry due to
the travel restrictions, resulting a hard impact on several sectors : Tourism,
restauration, Hotels, Transport ...

Today, the challenge is to beat this pandemic but without an efficient vaccin the
mission seems difficult. But, depite that we can do it by protecting ourself and by
protecting our entourage. To do that we should clean our hands
regularly ( = thoroughly ), Avoid touching our face, maintain at least 1
metre distance between ourself and others, avoid going to crowded places, stay at
home when as possible as we can.