The novel coronavirus or COVID-19 has spread throughout the world since January 13, 2020 in Thailand. The spread of the virus continued and worsened as time passed and it had been considered already as a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO). There are already 678,857 confirmed cases with 31,776 deaths worldwide as of March 29, 2020 (7:00 PM GMT+3).

Every country in the world has implemented their own precautionary measures to control the spread of the deadly virus. A lot of countries have already done the three stages of lockdown. Some countries do provide relief goods and basic needs for the people under lockdown.

unfortunately, stores have been lacking hygiene products which are also required by the WHO to prevent acquiring the virus. The people do not have enough supply and are having a hard time looking for sanitary stuff. It is clear that the funding is very low which is one thing which should be improved.

While giving out basic relief goods, the government should also provide each household basic hygiene products and include brochures or flyers about basic information about the novel coronavirus and how to prevent acquiring the disease. This is to help spread awareness which may help stop the spread of the virus.

Source: World Health Organization (WHO) and Al Jazeera News