As self-isolation sets in, the internet is taking off - a look at how the world is coping

Life in self-isolation is something many of us will need to get used to.

Working from home, working from home with kids, educating kids at home and navigating the all-new phenomenon of social distancing is a fresh concept for countless people.

This is not life as we know it but it’s fast-becoming the new normal for now, as the world navigates life with Covid-19 in it.

Supermarket shopping has turned into supermarket foraging, as toilet paper becomes the newest currency for mankind and supermarket bosses call for calm . 

Jacinda Ardern has called for New Zealand to “go hard and go early” so we can defeat the spread of coronavirus. And many of us are doing just that - going hard and going home.

And now more than ever, the internet has become a place of connection  as people everywhere face country-wide confinement.

We take a look to see how the world, as it turns to the city of cyberspace, is coping with social isolation.