#beatingcovid19: The Anantomy of a Lockdown Lockdowns have become our everyday, after a while we begin to accept that the Lockdown is for the better good. But with Lockdowns come economic stress, job losses and wealth contractions along with erosion of savings and investments on a global scale. In a Nation such as ours it has set us back several years in terms of developments and several trillion shillings in terms of debt, economic and social losses. But lets understand the premise of the Lockdown and why it was the initial, medium term and possible intermediate solution to #beatingcovid19. There are worldwide curfews, quarantines, and similar restrictions (known as stay-at-home orders, shelter-in-place orders, shutdowns/lockdowns) related to the COVID-19 pandemic and established to prevent further spread of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), which causes COVID-19. Countries and territories around the world have enforced lockdowns of varying degrees. Some include total movement control while others have enforced restrictions based on time. Mostly, only essential businesses are allowed to remain open. Schools, universities and colleges have closed either on a nationwide or local basis in 172 countries, affecting approximately 98.5 per cent of the world's student population. All types of recreational venues and most public places have been affected. Pandemic lockdowns are defined as the shutdown of parts of the economy, due to non-pharmaceutical anti-pandemic measures and are enforceable by law like: * Closing of schools and kindergartens * Closing of non-essential shops (shops and stores apart from food, doctors and drug stores) * Closing of non-essential production * Cancellation of recreational venues and closing of public places * Curfews * Stay-at-home orders and total movement control These measures are considered to have caused the coronavirus recession in 2020.[ The measures with smaller economic impacts like: * border closures * social distancing measures and social movement restrictions * travel restrictions. * Other non-pharmaceutical anti-pandemic measures like mandatory quarantines after travel, self quarantine and social distancing measures * Any measures which are voluntary rather than enforceable by law The pandemic has resulted in the largest number of shutdowns/lockdowns worldwide at the same time in history. By 26 March, 1.7 billion people worldwide were under some form of lockdown, which increased to 3.9 billion people by the first week of April — more than half of the world's population. Helpful reading:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_lockdowns Lockdowns can be classified as follows: 1. Extreme Lockdown ET - Lockdowns with enforcements/curfews and active forc ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfkAz-iPKno