The Post COVID-19 World: Efforts Needed to Build Back a More Resilient Society

Abstract

The first half of the year 2020 will be well remembered and recollected by historians,researchers, thinkers over the years for the disruption caused the world over by the coronavirus pandemic. The largest economies of the world were on lockdown to contain the virus. Itpitted the whole of humanity against the virus. There has been severe irretraceable damage toeconomic and human health, wealth and prosperity. These histories of pandemics that haveamputated nations over the years have also seen different measures that have been taken up toarrest the spread of the pandemics. Some of these measures are isolation, quarantine,confinement and more significantly nationwide or region wise lockdown. These measureshave a severe impact on the social, political and economic facets of the nation/nations. PostCOVID-19 there will be a lot of lessons to learn and pick up from and the impact this virusand measures are taken to contain its spread has had on the nation. This paper is intended tolook at living communities and some important dimensions that we believe need attention to create a minimally disruptive ecosystem to sustain such pandemics in the near future.