Surviving Corona Virus: my Jamaican Story, by Donovan Reynolds, Independent writer.
The rapid global spread of the corona virus caught several well-prepared countries off-guard and the social and economic consequences will wreak havoc on the world economy. To date there are 33,000,000 confirmed cases with 1,000,000 deaths and a recovery rate of 24, 660,721. As the health and human death toll grows, the economic damage is already evident and represents the largest economic shock the world has experienced in decades. There has been a race among developing countries and large pharmaceutical companies to develop a vaccine to prevent the spread of the virus. From New York to New Delhi health services have been inundated with patients, stretching hospitals beyond capacity. The death toll continues to overstretch the economic capacity of communities and families; the body-bags continue to ratchet up from second waves of infection. For example, the UK cases have tripled since the end of August with a second lockdown imminent. In Jamaica, where I currently live