COVID-19 Pandemic and Globalisation: A Periscoping Analysis

Abstract

COVID-19 pandemic historically originated from Wuhan, China in 2019. It is zoonotic, which means that it is transmitted from animals to humans. Corona viruses (CoV) are a large consortium of viruses that cause illnesses ranging from conventional cold to several diseases such as Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS-CoV) and Sever Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS-CoV), and even death. It was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organisation (WHO) in 2020 because of its trans-national and global reach. Since becoming a pandemic, it has devastated the world in every ramification, including over six hundred thousand fatalities. Many countries of the world are today counting their loses in both human and material resources. COVID -19 is no respecter of persons as the high, the mighty and the downtrodden have been affected. Relying on the system theory, the paper argued that globalization has turned the World to a village without boundaries; and as a result COVID-19 is spreading in a pattern that no virus has ever enjoyed. The paper, therefore, recommended among others a global approach premised on global exchange of ideas, information, research findings and collaboration to stem the tide of Covid-19.