Most of us had thought that the pandemic has been over or at least felt we have mitigated the risks to life by getting double vaccination. But as I sit today to write, Covid-19 pandemic has turned all the limelight towards its way at the beginning of the year owing to this new variant of concern, Omicron. Countries around the world though unaware of how stubborn this new variant is are scrambling hard to get a grasp of this situation. Few like Canada have gone all the way up to issuing travel advisories to residents to shun non essential travel.
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However disparaging this news is, this new variant is going to have ravaging effects on businesses in Canada. While restaurants and bars will continue to operate at a maximum of 6 people at the table, two meters or physical barriers between tables, no dancing. Bars and Gyms are closed. Although the good news is that the vast majority of the population is fully vaccinated today, the government’s main focus will be to abate the hospitalizations that will strain the country’s health care infrastructure. Employers have been advised to favor work from home and people are expected to follow social distancing once again. Although the government will not go to an extent of imposing full scale lockdowns like those that happened last time, increased caution at every point will help us sail through these turbulent times. While the time will tell what new rules governments rope in and how the Covid-19 situation turns out to be in the future, we still hope that one day we will get over all of this.
