Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by a newly discovered

coronavirus.

Most people infected with the COVID-19 virus will experience mild to moderate
respiratory illness and recover without requiring special treatment.  Older people and
those with underlying medical problems like cardiovascular disease, diabetes, chronic
respiratory disease, and cancer are more likely to develop serious illness.

The best way to prevent and slow down transmission is to be well informed about the
COVID-19 virus, the disease it causes, and how it spreads. Protect yourself and others
from infection by washing your hands or using an alcohol-based rub frequently and not
touching your face. 

This crisis reminds us that we are truly global citizens; global health has become more equitable, for all of
the wrong reasons. For the first time in decades, millions of us are facing the same health worries. I hope this is an
opportunity for more of us to understand health through other peoples’ perspectives.
As a student nurse, we are lucky to know many of the greatest minds in our field who are now working on
this crisis – through the frontline delivery of care, influencing the clients to have a healthy lifestyle, keeping the
clients informed, working on them with treatment, and other services their extensive experience and knowledge.
Enhancing our skills, abilities, and techniques in nursing field will approach to getting things done. The guidance of
our beloved Frontliners are welcome during this unknown time, which we will understand more fully when we can
look back on it and fit together the global jigsaw pieces. We must remember the scientific, social, and cultural
learnings from this period, those that have helped us tackle this crisis, and also those which may be of future value
will help lead us to future discoveries. We should capture these in a movement of collective action, globally and
locally.
As a citizen, this is the moment that all of us should do what we can to help each other, locally and
globally. As individuals, we have a new shared experience that we should learn from in new ways. Now they have
been put to the test, it is the perfect time to consider whether the international and national health frameworks
are workable and helpful for the global population. We should revisit whether we are collectively investing enough
in preparedness and health system strengthening. We should also consider how emergency support frameworks
could play their role.

We must support the next generation of clinicians, researchers, implementers, health workers, and social
scientists to be better prepared and equipped to tackle the next pandemic. Our vision is to save lives, eradicate
disease, and improve equity in health – we need to ensure the learnings from this crisis help put us in a stronger
position to do that, along with our partners and friends. We stand for the crisis, we fight for the virus and we care
for patients, let’s unite and brace ourselves to face the war against COVID-19 pandemic virus.

Thank you again for all you are doing, and as always let us know if we can be doing more.