The outbreak of Covid-19 is an example of Nature's proactive response to the suicidal behaviour of humans. What is needed is called 'behavioural distancing'. We should change our lifestyle and our attitude towards Nature to heal our planet.
Catastrophes such as earthquakes, hurricanes or outbreak of disease like the coronavirus, are fundamentally connected to underlying factors that render particular areas and individuals vulnerable.
The resurgence of zoonotic and vector-borne diseases in the 21st century (SARS, bird flu, MERS, Ebola, Zika, Nipah and COVID-19) has turned the spotlight on animals and insects and vectors of infectious diseases as epidemic villains. Rightly are they regarded as the incubators of the existential risk for humanity.
The death toll from the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) in China has risen to 25, and the number of confirmed cases was now 830.
The Indian Embassy in Jeddah has clarified that the Keralite nurse under treatment at Aseer National Hospital has been diagnosed with MERS-CoV and not 2019-nCoV.
