Heroes of coronavirus are without guns and bombs

 The world is at war, Ghana is at war, the war against coronavirus the invisible enemy, that doesn't adhere to the rules of engagement of war.

The aged are not spared, the young women and even the weak. We are at war with an enemy that we don't know. An enemy that we don't need bombs, guns and knives to subjugate.

In this war, the military established to fight wars are asked to stay at home,a war that the police can't fight with brut force.A war that can only be fought against by civilian-nurses, Doctors, laboratory personnel and paramedics.

They are now the gallant and brave soldiers of this invisible warfare. They fight day and night to identify and defeat the enemy called COVID-19.

The gallant soldiers of the health sector health wield simple arsenal that is PPE and patriotism. I envy them, I pity them, I love them.

Who would have realized that even the art of war will change from the sound of rattling gunfire and the deafening sound of bombs dropping from fighter jets from the enemy zigzagging across our skies? over the years, we concentrated in equipping and retooling the military and police while paying less or little attention to the new soldiers of the new warfare: Nurses and Doctors.

The Nurses and Doctors must be seen as soldiers and we must factor them into our defence mechanism. If we ignore this, it will be at our own detriment. In a  war such as this,  the basic weapons to defeat the enemy are to observe personal hygiene by washing our hands with soap under running water, maintain social distance and avoid public gathering.

This might be a war that required us to change the paradigm in financing our security and defence.

In this war the soldiers become less important in the vanguard and frontline as they are only reduced to whip holding men and women who are even afraid of personal contact.

The real generals of this war are our Doctors, Nurses and laboritory personnel.They are the real HEROES OF THE WAR.These HEROES deserve a badge of honor each when the battle is over and i believe we shall defeat it as early as possible.