CorCom extends greetings on 10th anniversary-II
Source: Chronicle News Service

Imphal, July 08 2021: Certain questions which are pertinent at this juncture are what were the fault of the virus victims; who is responsible for the demise of these victims or whether the government provided fair and proper treatment or granted these rights to victims at government hospitals before succumbing to the virus.

The answer definitely is, it is the government which needs to shoulder the responsibility of taking precautionary measures to tackle the pandemic and give proper treatment at government hospitals when anyone suffers from the disease.

However, government did not shoulder its responsibility and hence it should be held responsible for those who died due to the infectious disease.

Government is bound to give compensation to virus victims as their negligence led to severity of the pandemic but the present government is awaiting directive from the supreme court in this regard, the CorCom said and cited the twomonth long Kumbh Mela of Hindu believers and forcible elections held in some states for grabbing power while putting lives of the people at risks as two main reasons for the worsening COVID-19 situation in the country.

According to the CorCom statement, the pandemic indeed caused a huge economic crisis and world economy would worsen further if it is not controlled or finished soon.

The pandemic has shrunk availability of food and essential items and prices of available stuff too have sky-rocketed.

Apart from this, hike in oil prices has increased transportation cost and consequently led to hike in prices of various other items.

The pandemic is also having serious impact on the daily wagers while those engaged in small time businesses have no work at all now.

Young students who are bound to become pillars of the future society are the worst affected section.

Education, social learning and minds of the young students have been severely affected as educational institutions remained closed during both the first and second waves of the pandemic.

Online class is the only option left for learning at the present situation but it is limited to some wealthy or economically sound sections of the society only.

This mode of learning process is meaningless and unfruitful to students belonging to economically weaker sections who could not afford to own smartphone or computer or in areas where there is no internet connectivity.

This mode of learning process is also widening the gap between the rich and poor.

Online class might give some benefits to students of wealthier families or in developed areas but it has turned out to be discriminatory for students living in underdeveloped areas or belonging to financially unsound families.

The pandemic cannot be fought separately but needs collective effort of all the countries with mutual understanding and support.

As the world becomes a global village, it is absolutely necessary for all the countries to vaccinate all their citizens simultaneously or else it would be meaningless for a single country to vaccinate their citizens alone when other countries remain exposed to the virus threat.

The pandemic needs to be uprooted from all the countries of the world at one point of time or else it would emerge from another country.

World Health Organisation (WHO) chief Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus directed all its member countries to complete vaccination of at-least 10 per cent of their citizens by September this year, 40 per cent by the end of the year 2021 and 70 per cent by the middle of 2022.Percentage of vaccination in some countries particularly in developed countries are comparatively high while it is very low in some countries particularly in underdeveloped countries and this might led to two-track pandemic.

When Delta variant of COVID-19 spread in alarming and dangerous nature in Russia, all its citizens who were vaccinated six months back have been recalled and would be vaccinated afresh.

The country took up the measure in view of alarmingly speedy spread of the virus and high fatality rate apart from acknowledging that immunity provided by the vaccine had certain period.

Accordingly, Russia decided to vaccinate all its citizens every six months till vaccination rate reaches 60 per cent of the population.

(To be continued) .

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