COVID 19: A CALL TO ONE HEALTH ACTION

In an ever changing 21(st) century world, pandemics such as the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS-CoV-2) virus also known as COVID-19 have come to stay, especially as the world is gradually becoming a global village. The disease has caused a lot of economic and social disruptions globally. The relationship between animals, the environment and humans as hosts of the virus needs to be understood as a way to break the chain of the spread of the virus. This calls for more concerted efforts in preventive measures at the human, environmental and animal interfaces. The synergy between the various health sector (environmental, animal and human) practitioners will help curb the pandemic and also make our world a better and more environmentally-friendly place. This paper aims to elucidate the linkages between man and his environment; the implication of these infections and pandemics on public health and furthermore lends a voice to the call for a One Health approach to curbing the current COVID-19 pandemic ravaging the world.