Govt should set up intervention strategies

THE COVID-19 pandemic has claimed millions of lives worldwide since it was first discovered in China in 2019. Governments, in an effort to curb the loss of even more lives, came up with strategies like lockdowns, social distancing and good hygiene practices to slow the spread of the deadly virus.

But lives continue to be lost and in some instances whole families have been wiped out, a few are lucky to have tested positive for the virus and survive.

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