31
March
2020
|
21:48
Asia/Singapore

Conceited mankind and the resilient virus

Prof Zheng Yongnian from the East Asian Institute at NUS opined that the COVID-19 pandemic reflects the serious issues in the relationship between mankind and nature. He commented that mankind has belittled nature that ultimately led to inappropriate management of the environment resulting in natural disasters such as earthquake, tsunami, climate change and now the virus outbreak.