{"id":4961,"date":"2020-06-30T16:12:44","date_gmt":"2020-06-30T16:12:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cov19chronicles.com\/?p=4961"},"modified":"2023-11-28T12:59:34","modified_gmt":"2023-11-28T12:59:34","slug":"one-life-two-deadly-frontlines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cov19chronicles.com\/one-life-two-deadly-frontlines\/","title":{"rendered":"One Life, Two Deadly Frontlines"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
COVID-19 has presented the world with unprecedented challenges. The current situation has led to large parts of our world being shut down<\/a> and most activities, be them social cultural or economic, being brought to a halt. The scenes of everything being shut down, the media<\/a> frenzy<\/a> and living in constant fear style brings back memories of my previous life on one of the world\u2019s most recent destructive frontlines<\/a>, Syria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The pandemic presents us with new frontlines as it continues to spread. According to latest figures, as of end of June 2020, the number is expected to reach around 10 million people who have contracted the virus and led to the tragic death of hundreds of thousands of people worldwide<\/a>. As I read the news about this deadly virus and the lives it has claimed, I am constantly reminded of reading the news in Syria about the number of people being killed disappeared or made displaced or refugees by that conflict<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The frontline is no longer located in the war-torn frontlines that we know<\/a>. The frontlines are no longer just in a small village in Syria, Afghanistan, or DR Congo<\/a>. With COVID-19 the frontlines have found new places to reside. The frontline no longer refers to towns and cities battered by years of war and conflict, where warring parties have been fighting for years and even decades. The frontline is being recreated in new, familiar yet unpredictable places.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Suddenly, the frontline is on your doorstep. The frontline is the minute you step out of your house. A quick look at the streets of major cities<\/a> across Europe<\/a> is enough to make you realise that these bustling cities have now turned into ghost towns. News of death and fear populate the newspapers front pages<\/a> and news headlines.<\/p>\n\n\n