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there will be more severe viruses in the future. As we could not cope fluently, we

would not be able to handle it and there would also remain huge damage. More

viruses will mutate, fatal, and highly contagious, and there is insufficient technology

and medicine, so it might lead to the end of civilization.

Many types of viruses keep mutating and develop themselves. The rate of virus’

mutation is faster than technology’s development, therefore it will be rough to

cope with every severe pandemic situation due to the accelerated infectious rate

and will be expanded by the harm we can get. To prepare for our future battle

against viruses, we have to let people be more aware of the consequences. Also,

we always have to be ready to cope with any viruses or diseases. Hence, it is

imperative to understand what future a world with viruses will bring us.,

Current viruses

Firstly, COVID-19 stands for Coronavirus disease 2019. COVID-19 is a respiratory

infection that first erupted in Wuhan, China in December 2019 and spread all over

the world. At first, it was only known as an unknown infection and not much

attention was paid to it. On January 9, 2020, the pathogen known as COVID-19

(Coronavirus disease 2019) was discovered. The World Health Organization (WHO)

announced the cause of the pneumonia was a type of coronavirus which is named

SARS-CoV-2. This SARS-CoV-2 is known to have originated from bats. When these

bat viruses move into other mammals, the viruses quickly spread into the new hosts

like mammals. On January 21, 2020, the Chinese government confirmed the

possibility of human-to-human infection of COVID-19 because 15 Wuhan medical

staff were infected. Most scientists suggest that Sars-CoV-2 can infect humans by

intermediary hosts such as pangolins. After this, the spread of COVID-19 continued,

so WHO declared the ‘International Public Health Emergency’ (PHEIC) on January

30. As the cases of COVID-19 were reported all over the world, WHO declared the

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