On March 11,On March 11, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic as the numbers are clearly showing that we are living through a health crisis the scale of which will be overwhelming in the coming days. Life has changed beyond all recognition as we know of it. Already global trade has been disrupted, flights have been canceled and people are now working from home or staying at home. Amidst all the chaos we are missing out on some interesting positive effects on the environment in particular and society in general. Let’s look into some of these: