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Pandemic disrupts all aspects of life globally

A customer buys hand sanitisers at a supermarket along Kenyatta Avenue, Nairobi, yesterday. Kenyans went on a shopping spree fearing a possible lockdown after a coronavirus case was confirmed. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]

No pandemic has shaken the global peace and operations in recent years like the coronavirus (Covid-19) now causing anguish and despondency. 

A clear indication of just how bad things are is perhaps the total lockdownof Italy. The entire country of 60 million is at a standstill as people are forced to remain indoors.

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