The latest Corona virus, also known as, Covid-19 has taken the world by surprise. What started in China during the end of 2019 has reached out to the world, creating chaos and panic everywhere. It is safe to say that the world have experienced a major setback in its schedules and events. The new corona virus is not a highly deadly virus. According to most experts and scientists, the novel virus develops symptoms similar to pneumonia or flu; however, the conditions are manageable.
One of the reasons why Covid-19 is considered dangerous is its capacity to spread quickly. In China alone, over 80,000 people were infected during the first three months of the virus, creating an epidemic. The country had to come up with makeshift hospitals just to treat patients infected with the new coronavirus. Soon, the virus spread its wings and was found among various people from other countries who may have had contact with people travelling from China or travelled to China themselves.
How did Corona Virus Spread Globally?
One of the reasons why corona virus spread globally is that the symptoms i.e. cough fever, flu, and difficulty breathing, do not appear during the first two to fourteen days. That is right, a person infected with Covid-19 would not have realized about the sickness until after two weeks have passed. Due to the long incubation period of the virus, authorities and governments had no reason to shut down their airports and cancel international flights altogether. Since a lot of businessmen and government officials travel to China on monthly, weekly visits, many of them caught the virus and returned back home. This in turn created a chain reaction in people being identified with the latest corona virus. However, once the incubation period was identified and governments realized how easy it is to spread the virus and the grave consequences that may occur if the situation was left as is, the governments responded.
Response to Eliminate Corona Virus
Once the governments realized how quickly Covid-19 could spread and infect thousands of people a day, there were discussions about preventative measures, which included putting a pan on public gatherings, cancelling international flights partially or wholly, closing down schools and offices, or practicing a full-fledged lockdown of cities. The governments were reluctant during the beginning however, as closing down cities and air travel would sever their economies and cause massive losses to the government. It would also affect the overall trade in the country and would literally crash the stock markets. Well, all of that eventually did take place and the governments around the world lost billions of dollars. However, that was not the only impact of corona virus on the world.
Impact of Corona virus on scheduled events
We live in an organized era, where people schedule and plan events months or years ahead of their time. For example, some of the global sports events are scheduled years before and preparations start months before the actual event takes place. It is the case with concerts, charity drives, movie releases, community programs, religious gatherings, and other events. Certain events such as business conferences, staging events, and mass scale sporting events attract people from around the world to witness the marvels. However, due to the chaos and panic created by coronavirus, most of the events that are bound to occur during the pandemic or post the pandemic are either cancelled or at the risk of cancellations.
Since coronavirus has an increased risk of transferring to other people in large groups or crowded areas, it is imperative that certain activities and events be cancelled to improve the recovery process from the pandemic. However, the problem arises when you are an avid traveller or have an important business meeting and need to prep in advance for your departure, but you are unsure how the corona virus will affect the schedule. Well, Google now has a solution for that.
The launch of Schema
Amid the chaos and panic created by the corona virus pandemic that has pushed the world to stay behind closed doors and avoid social interaction, the major events in the human world face a drastic cancellations risks. Since there is little we can do about the events and schedules, Google has come up with a pain-free process to find out the schedules of events around the world. Google launched schema during the crisis moment that will help people around the world to identify whether their scheduled events and programs are cancelled. This particular application will also help millions of people keep tab with the forthcoming events that are at the risk of cancellations.
How does Schema work?
Well, the process is simple; Google always promotes transfer of free information and due to its sheer size and operations, it often depends on the people to provide information, which is then made accessible to billions of people around the world using a simple platform. Schema works of principle quite similar to the usual information gathering process of Google. For schema, all event administrators and managers are able to list the event on Google’s portal and inform their audience about the changes. The changes could include possible rescheduled dates, postponing the events indefinitely, or cancelling the even altogether.
The new Schema also allows even managers and administrators to update the location if the event has a new venue. The changes are made live and come into effect immediately. You can also put certain events on your watch list and Google will inform you about any changes that appear for the event. The simple and easy to use application will help billions of people revise their travel plans, cancel hotel bookings on time to save on cancellation fee, avoid making unnecessary travel arrangements, and stay informed using a single platform. Instead of accessing various portals and trying to contact the organizers of events and conferences, people can now simple logon to Schema and check for updates without involving any sort of communication.