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Covid19 is one of the greatest challenge defining health crises throughout the globe. This virus has created severe political social and economic crisis. To slow down and break the chain of viral pandemic we are under a total lock down so along with other establishments the educational institutions are also totally closed down and all the classes are suspended for an unknown period. Throughout the world billions of students are not able to attend schools, higher education institutions. It is also predicted that it might have a devastating effect on the global education. The lockdown has also resulted to drastic change in the daily life of the individuals in the social psychological behaviour. Anxiety means a mental health disorder of worries; fear, panic, restlessness etc that strongly and negatively affect the daily activities of life. The study focused on to find out whether pandemic lock down has any effect on the anxiety of the secondary learners. The descriptive study used about thirty participants from different secondary schools and through an interview the data were collected. The data were then thematically analysed. The study found that the pandemic initially had affected higher anxiety level in learners and along with the time the anxiety of the learners are significantly affected. The study also focused on the different measures to address the situation. The findings also showed that using online web2.0 technology based virtual classrooms led to minimising the pandemic effect on the anxiety of secondary learners. The web2.0 based learning strategies like YouTube based instruction and whatsapp based instruction not only helped them to cope up with studies but also the learners explored the awareness measures of digital practices that could be used in their daily life. The future implications recommended that more use of online virtual interactions is necessary to minimise the effect of pandemic or any disaster on the anxiety level of secondary learners.