COLOMBO: SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes Covid-19, has been spreading exponentially across the world over the past 10 or so months. As of November 6, according to the Center for Systems Science at Johns Hopkins University, there have been 49,195,581 cases of Covid-19, including 1,241,031 deaths.

More than a third of the global population has been placed on lockdown. The global economy is experiencing the deepest global recession since World War 2, and massive numbers of people are losing livelihoods and suffering serious effects on their physical and mental health.

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