Dr Alex Awiti, Vice Provost of the Aga Khan University in Kenya, writes that the coronavirus will not be eradicated. The virus will in fact become endemic, like influenza and the four coronaviruses that cause the common cold. Covid-19 will continue to spread in pockets globally, causing new outbreaks in countries or regions where public health experts believe it had been eliminated. In a Covid-19 endemic world, the virus will be among the very first cause of illness encountered in early childhood. According to scientists, this is how the four endemic coronaviruses that cause the common cold behave.