The Plague by Albert Camus, published in 1947, parallels the present situation with the Covid-19 worldwide pandemic. The epidemic depicted in the novel shows a chillingly fast growth of the illness. In the beginning, the occurrence of rats dying throughout Oran appeared to be a mystery, but it quickly turned into an epidemic. As a result, the city’s citizens were suddenly cut off from their loved ones and the rest of society. The Plague’s quarantine period reflects the current coronavirus pandemic’s worldwide quarantine. The Plague is similar to current social distancing standards and other safety precautions that encourage people to isolate themselves from one another. These two epidemics have striking similarities in terms of how they develop and the emotional, psychological, and social toll they take on people who experience them. The novel’s pandemic is not only a representation of the actual sickness. Instead, it reflects how the Covid-19 epidemic causes disturbance in the normal course of events, such as severe mass suffering.

In his novel, The Plague, Albert Camus explores the transformation of people’s lives in Oran, a small seaside city in Algeria, after the outbreak of the Plague. The COVID-19 epidemic, possibly one of humanity’s biggest crises in recent history, forced the governments to implement various types of social lockdown (Conti, 226). The Plague in the novel served as a chilling prophecy of what people throughout the globe might expect then. The growing number of people infected with and dying from this illness had no apparent end. Therefore, despite the promise of a medical breakthrough to cure Covid-19, the world will have to navigate unknown areas for several years (Basu, 51). Covid 19, a global epidemic likened to Albert Camus’s “The Plague,” triggered worldwide panic. When we heard about The Plague in our global history lesson, we learned of the many fatalities, how unrestrained it was, and how no one, not even the authorities, could stop it from spreading. In our daily lives, both Covid 19 and The Plague have had a profound effect, influencing our future as a society.

According to Albert Camus’s novel, as the population of Oran began to decrease, it became more difficult to find workers to plough fields, harvest crops, and manufacture things. In this novel, compared to Covid-19, many individuals lost their jobs. Besides, it took a while for the Europeans to realize that the church alone could not keep things under control (Conti, 227). Today, in the United States, we are fully dependent on the government to assist us in stopping this. Having a team of medical professionals, they are aware of the actions we may take to prevent the entire population from being swiped away by Covid-19. Like Albert Camus’s “The Plague”, people have been confined to their homes (Franco-Paredes, 899). Therefore, to keep Covid-19 under control, we prevented its spread by avoiding social interactions. Many people spend days or even weeks without seeing their friends and family members that they miss so much. Before Covid-19 was contained through several measures, we had no choice but to remain indoors, even though we were all going nuts from boredom and a sedentary lifestyle.

Moreover, Covid 19 can spread as quickly and with the same negative consequences as in Albert Camus’s “The Plague“. However, ending this epidemic is easier now since we have a broader range of stakeholders with more improved technology than in the novel’s “The Plague“. As a result of advancements in technology and our ability to manage it, we are in a position to do so. It will not spread like “The Plague “because we have a head start on it. Various world governments have drawn on lessons learnt in Albert Camus’s “The Plague” (Bentley, 6). Since the world is familiar with something like this, they have utilized that knowledge to guide them in their approach to containing the spread of Covid-19. COVID 19 has inflicted and will continue to cause many fatalities, but it teaches us how to come together as a community via its actions.

Oran Town, Algeria, is the setting for the story in which the deadly and mysterious illness appears out of nowhere and spreads across the town, killing many people. When it comes to Covid-19, everyone expects that the problem will be resolved. The novel conveys a message of love, healing, and hope (Franco-Paredes, 899). The protagonists’ struggle to control the virus throughout the novel serves as the narrative’s central focus. The tale also depicts how the population’s morale deteriorates as the dis