Friday, June 5, 2020

Corona Warriors Author: Dr. K.S. Kang

Corona Warriors
Author: Dr. K.S. Kang
Humanity is fighting the Corona menace at different fronts where people without caring for their personal safety have jumped into it as a result of which some of them have even  got infected leading to the supreme sacrifice in the service of humanity. At the forefront of this battle are our health services workers- doctors, Nurses, Ward boys and other hospital staff who are waging this battle armed with just a mask, sanitizer, gloves and PPE kit. Though they are trying some medicines also like hydroxycholoroquine that is used in treatment of malaria and other drugs used in the cure of swine flu and aids yet no authentic and final vaccine or cure is yet to be found in the world. A grand salute to health workers, particularly doctors who are fighting this battle with a limited resources available with them and thus taking the risk of their lives by exposing themselves to a great probability of getting infected. A number of doctors, nurses and health workers have lost their lives in the world.  
            At the other front Police and security agencies implementing law and order and discipline among the people like wearing masks, using sanitizers, staying indoors and social distancing so as to contain the virus are also doing commendable job as the only weapon that they have at their disposal is mask and they are also equally prone to being infected while doing their duty. In this crisis besides regulating traffic and maintaining law and order helping health workers in tracing infected people has also become their job that has exposed them to the risk of getting infected in the process.
            On the third front are the social organization whose members are creating awareness in the society against Corona and the need of staying at home during lock down and use of masks, sanitizers and importance of social distancing in order to win this battle. The work of those organization and their members is also quite commendable who are preparing and distributing free food packets along with water bottles and other edibles like biscuits and even distributing footwear to the people who have set out from the larger towns for their native village on foot. The workers of these organization are also doing equally noble job by putting themselves at the risk of being infected.

            Then there are people who are helping people to stay indoors in their houses by continuing the chain of supply of milk, vegetables and fruits and other essential items at the door steps of the people as they are also putting their lives at risk of getting infected. Then the hawkers who brings the news from the state, country and the world to the door steps of the people in the form of newspapers are also serving the humanity in their own way as right information is necessary to fight this hidden and invisible foe of humanity. Again a grand salute to these Corona Warriors, especially doctors whose sacrifice and devotion is simple indescribable in words as they have not cared even for their lives in service of humanity that is supreme sacrifice.    

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