"Antonio Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations, in his recent op-ed in NYT dated on April 28, underscored the importance of not losing sight of the big picture and connectedness of issues. He eminently highlighted the nexus between the coronavirus and climate change. He reiterated that climate disruption is becoming the new normal, human conduct is also leading to severe biodiversity loss, changing animal-human interaction and distorting ecosystem processes that regulate our planetary health. We should take heed of the Secretary-General’s sobering warning that we are approaching a point of no return for human health, which depends on planetary health. The famous disaster movie “Contagion” screened in 2012 is a chilling reminder, as it bore a striking resemblance of the killer virus’ transmission structure; from a bat, and intermediate body and finally to humans. Yet, more importantly, the film concluded by warning that unless human’s destruction of the climate and natural habitats stops, the reappearance of more deadly epidemics is just a matter of time. Indeed, it is startling to see infectious diseases of global magnitude, including SARS, H1N1, Ebola, Mers, Zika, occurring at disturbingly reduced intervals..."