ON April 13,the number of the accumulated confirmed COVID-19 cases worldwide surpassed 1.8 million,with over 110,000 deaths,according to the COVID-19 Dashboard by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering(CSSE)at Johns Hopkins University.Governments around the world are struggling to contain the pandemic,taking measures ranging from total lockdown to travel bans,as well as financial injections to their respective economies.As public anxiety and paranoia continue to soar across the globe,experts predict a global recession in the near future.