Sri Lanka, April 3 -- Going by some of the malicious comments posted by a section of society on social media over the spread of COVID-19, they seem to believe rashness is a legacy of a particular community. If one compiles a list of causes of the rapid worldwide spread of the pandemic, recklessness on part of the people in every country might be the first among them.

No country or community could be cited as an exception. The famous "Atapattama" programme on ITN aired on Wednesday how supermarkets were turned into battlefields in some countries soon after people were allowed to go out and purchase essential items during intervals between two curfews.

While China, South Korea, Iran and several European countries struggled to contain the ...