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Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Ordinary People; A Social Distancing Challenge
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21 October 2021
Posted:
22 October 2021
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Abstract
COVID-19 has become a part of everyone's day-to-day life, since the outbreak in 2019 the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has caused more than 4.5 million deaths with over 200 million cases reported globally. Currently, the number of infections and deaths are gradually lowering in different countries however the underlying challenges still exist. COVID-19 threatens human life, social functioning and development. Although numerous studies have been carried out in the past to highlight the key challenges very limited studies have been conducted from an ordinary person's viewpoint. In the fight against COVID-19, humanity has been pushed to a level which cannot be accepted where establishing that balance is a priority. This study focuses on highlighting the common issues faced by the ordinary public in the current era. Five key areas were identified to be the most essential; education, technological adaptation, transportation, mental health and gender-based violence (GBV).
Keywords:
COVID-19
; pandemic
; social challenge
; GBV
; healthcare management
; health policy
Preprints on COVID-19 and SARS-CoV-2
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