Making Peace and Welcoming Victory

KOMPAS/RONY ARIYANTO NUGROHO

Alad tadarus (reciting) activity of the Koran by students at the Daarul Quran Al-Kautsar Islamic Boarding School, Cibinong, Bogor Regency, by maintaining a distance between one another, Saturday (9/5/2020). The activity of reciting or tadarus jointly implemented while maintaining personal health and safety

The future of humankind seems dark if we read the World Health Organization’s (WHO) statement that the new coronavirus will not completely go away even after a vaccine is available.

Perhaps this will be similar to measles, of which the vaccine was already available decades ago and yet we still see unvaccinated children contracting the disease. Furthermore, WHO regional director for Europe Henri P Kluge has talked about the complexity of the problem and the uncertainties that lie ahead, which is why “there is no fast track to the new normal”.