MERI Mirror, April' 2020
A bilingual monthly student publication, an initiative of the students of Department of Journalism and Mass Communication at MERI College, affiliated to Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, Delhi.
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Femaleleaderstakecontrolinstresful
times:PANDEMIC
-ByDevansh
TheongoingstrugglewithCoronavirushasn’tbeeneasyonanyafectedcountry.
It’s2020andstilsomepartofthesocietyconsiderswomentobeaweakergender
ofthehumanrace.Toprovethisorthodoxmentalitywrong,thesefemaleleaders
tookthingsintheirhandsforthebeterpart.
JacindaArdern,PrimeMinister,New Zealand
JacindaArdern,swiftlyclosedthecountry’sbordersto
shutdownthespreadofthevirusfrom outside.Thiswas
provenefectiveasNew Zealandonlyreported1113confirmedcasesandatotalof14deathson22ndApril.
ErnaSolberg,PrimeMinster,Norway.
Actingquicklytostopthespread,Erna,introduced
earlylockdown,andmonitoredthespreadclosely,resultinginslowedinfectionrate.Norwaynow
workingto
loosentherestrictionsontheirresidents.Asof22nd
April,Norwayhave7,241casesand182deathsconfirmed.
TsaiIng-wen,President,Taiwan
Beingintheproximityoftheoutbreak,Taiwanhascontroled
thespreadefectivelywithtirelessmonitoringbymedical
professionals.Taiwanlearnttheirlessonin2003SARSoutbreakandwereonalertwhentheyheardaboutanew
respiratoryinfection.Theystartedearlymonitoringthetravelers
from WuhanandwhentheyconfirmedtheirfirstcaseonJanuary21,theystartedrigoroustracingofthepassenger’stra
elinghistoryandhow manypeoplehecameincontactwith.
Asof22ndApril,Taiwanhave425confirmedcaseswith6
deaths.
KatrínJakobsdótir,PrimeMinister,Iceland.
TheresidentsofIcelandcangetthemselvestestedwithoutanyrestrictionsanddelay,asthecolaborationbetweentheirgovernmentandabiotechnologycompany
alowsthem todoso.Jakobsdótirhasalsolaunchedan
intensivecontacttracinginitiative.Asof22ndApril,Icelandhave1778and10deathsconfirmed.
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