After the outbreak of the deadly 2019-20 Coronavirus Pandemic (COVID-19), was first identified in Wuhan, China, in December 2019, the virus has reached more than 100 countries, with the total number of cases now about 100,000.

All over the world, medical experts and policymakers are left with the same questions: How far will the virus spread? How long will the virus last? How many people will the virus kill before it ends?

Just one virus shattered lives, changed the world’s view and system we have been used to. There are roughly 300 million children who are facing school closures. Many cities are lockdown and people are self-quarantined. The market has been disrupted and currency devaluation has affected the prices of many valuables. The competence (or lack thereof) of governments in many countries has been exposed, and it has been shifting control in political and economic power. Many prominent individuals and celebrities have been preaching self-isolation after been tested ‘Positive’ to the Coronavirus.

The disease is now in more than 100 countries around the world, spreading across Europe, America, and Asia. Italy, the home of mafioso’s and the seat of the Vatican, has seen a large number of cases, leading the authorities to impose a lockdown in the north of the country.

Several countries have established travel bans, preventing foreign nationals from entering. Major sporting events around the world have been called off or few held behind closed doors.

One benefit of this Coronavirus fallout is millions of people are going to realize they don’t need to sit in a classroom and spend hundreds of thousands of dollars for a meaningless piece of paper that says, “Congrats, you’re educated.” – Ryan Michler

Now the same Nigerian employers who feel “cheated” whenever an employee proposes “Working-from-Home” has been implementing the practice to keep on the workflow. In just a few time many businesses have come to the realization that hours of meetings and agendas can just be simple email exchanges and phone calls. A pandemic canceled social gatherings in most religious countries with a diversity of beliefs.

The rise for remote jobs has made us see that now is the time to embrace technological advancement in business like never before, and appreciate the Work-from-Home system more. There are several tools you can use to keep the work process going and even increase productivity. There are apps that help us communicate in real-time with whoever we want at the time we choose and create an ease workflow environment. Among others here are few useful tools:

If you need to manage your personal task or organize projects with your team, you can use tools like:

​Trello
Asana​
​Basecamp
​Todoist
If you need to schedule meetings with clients, you can use tools like:

​Calendly
​Pick A Meeting
Appointlet
If you want to record and edit videos – perfect for creating simple tutorials and explaining yourself or practice through videos, you can use tools like:

Camtasia
Screenflow
Or it could be you want to do Video Conference with your team, you can use tools like:

Whereby
· ​Skype​
· ​Zoom​
· ​Google Hangouts

I know for sure that this time will pass and the earth would be healed again. But for now, let’s keep safe and practice every preventive measures. But we should also ponder over the vivid and profound lessons of How one epidemic reshaped the system and changed the world.

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Damilare H. Oyekanmi
Brand Strategist & Creative Designer
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