COVID-19

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A day will perhaps come when when the words coronavirus and covid-19 are not used interchangeably to dominate every newspaper, Twitter feed, Facebook timeline and zoom conference call agenda in the interconnected world but, as of mid-April 2020 March 2021, that time has not arrived.

For now now know that covid-19 is simply the fancy, technical name for the the strain of coronavirus which is sweeping the world and obliging everyone to stay indoors posting tedious memes and unfunny pop songs spoofs to their favourite WhatsApp channels instead of working.

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