Worldwide stamps on Covid-19

Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by a newly discovered coronavirus.

The World Health Organization (WHO) declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern' owing to an outbreak of pneumonia of unknown etiology. Thereafter, The International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) announced severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-COV2) "as the name of the new virus. This name was chosen because the virus is genetically related to the coronavirus responsible for the SARS outbreak of 2003, WHO announced ÇOVID-19" as the name of new disease. 

Subsequently, WHO declared COVID-19 outbreak as a pandemic (a pandemic is the worldwide spread of a new disease) on 11th March 2020 and reiterated the call for countries to take immediate action and scale up response to detect, treat and reduce transmission to save peoples lives.

The Prime Minister of our country Shri Narendra Modi Ji immediately took action and announced the lockdown in the country, he took every possible steps to minimise the spread of Corona epidemic in India. Doctors, nurses health workers, police, sanitation workers and workers of all Government departments worked together as Corona warrior. Industrialists around the world came forward to financial support in this Corona epidemic, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation of Bill Gates has pledged more than US $ 350 Millions towards COVID-19 research. In India too, industrialists, Bollywood Stars and the religious Hindu organizations of the country donated huge amount in the Prime Minister's Relief Fund.

Social media around the world, in which Google, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram etc. took many steps for the public awareness . Google Chief (CEO) Sunder Pichai donated Rs. 5 crores. Also Google had announced an over US $ 800 million commitment towards efforts to tackle Covid-19 pandemic that that claimed thousands of lives globally. This includes US $ 200 million investment fund for NGOs and banks to help small businesses access capital.

India Post issued commemorative postage stamps set of 4 with miniature sheet on Salute to COVID-19 Warriors as on 24th December 2020. 

China post issue :- A set of 2 stamps issued ason 11 May 2020 with 2 different types of miniature sheets. 

China post meter frack 

China post corona vaccine Fdc 

Sri Lanka miniature sheet

Switzerland charity issue 

Germany meter frank 

Viet Nam issued stamps on COVID-19

Indonesia issued stamps on COVID-19

Isle of man issued stamps on COVID-19

Republic De Djibouti issued stamps on COVID-19

South Sudan issued stamps on COVID-19

Senegal issued stamps on COVID-19

Bosnia and Herzegovina issued stamps on COVID-19

Taiwan issued stamps on COVID-19

Portugal issued stamps on COVID-19

Greenland issued stamps on COVID-19

Austria issued stamps on COVID-19

Kyrgyzstan issued stamps on COVID-19

Czech Republic issued stamps on COVID-19

Kosovo issued stamps on COVID-19

Thailand issued stamps on COVID-19

Brazil issued stamps on COVID-19

India Special cover on COVID-19

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