My realizations during this pandemic

 

It was like a dream. Two year back in my life, I had all the fun that I wanted without any kind of limitation. All of a sudden, everything changed with the outbreak of Covid 19 viral pandemic. 

"Pandemic" was the first strange word which was added to my vocabulary and sooner it was filled with a number of new words related to the viral disease. The habitual life I spent came to an end without even giving a chance to take a look at the beautiful moments I had with my loved ones. With the unexpected viral infection, which attacks human respiratory system and immunity system, people of Sri Lanka had to change their habitual life style in 180°. People had to cover their respiratory organs using face masks and they started to wipe their hands using hand sanitizer liquids. It was the first visible change in the habitual life of Sri Lankans. Government had to implement new laws and reinforce the Quarantine legal provisions in order to minimize the spread of this deadly virus. People had to tolerate months of curfew ignoring their personal difficulties while the highly dedicated health sector were risking their lives to save the infected people. 

This is a tiny living virus which threatened the powerful human community, and it forced everyone to adjust according to the situation. 

The concept of "work from home" came into practice with the health policies. There, the superiors allowed their subordinates to complete their job role while staying safe. Online learning methods were introduced to continue the educational activities as the government could not risk the lives of children. Therefore, from the primary schools to the universities followed the same way of online teaching. 

We all know that, Sri Lanka is a country with a great tourist attraction. But because of the viral pandemic, almost all the airports were closed and no one could travel across the countries. So, the people who were engaged in tourism related jobs had to face a critical condition. Not only the tourists but also the foreign employed Sri Lankans could not come to the island and it was a great challenge to the government. After several meetings and discussions, with some conditions and limitations, Sri Lankan government started the tourism industry again under severe health guidelines. 

We are still living with the virus, but we can't hold our lives till the virus is demolished. Government can only impose laws. We, the community must obey and follow the rules. Then we can defeat this threatening deadly challenge together