Effectiveness of a Lockdown Policy During a Global Pandemic

Background: In 2019, when the World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 (Coronavirus 2019) a pandemic, many of the public managers faced tough situations in their cities due to the simultaneous loss of lives and jobs. In this regard, this study aims to propose a concise model that considers variables like the number of deaths, lethality of the virus, number of jobs and taxes collected by city halls, among others. Our study considers these issues in providing a relevant response and consistent answer to deliberations on the way forward. Method: Mathematical modeling was used to analyze the interaction between the agents involved and computer simulation was chosen to collect results. Results: - Changing the lockdown level (fixed and variable), the results of number of death per week, total number of unemployed, cost of companies and so on are shown. - The results show that for the input data considered, the 0% lockdown (LD) policy is more effective for the economy and tax collection and also succeeds in repressing the effects on the number of deaths. Because of it, the comparison between with pandemic and without pandemic is provided (in percentage). Conclusion: This study shows that implementing the lockdown did not bring expected benefits, because instead of reducing the number of deaths due to the COVID-19, individuals tend to die more from other causes.

The WHO Health Alert: Communicating a Global Pandemic with WhatsApp

Journal of Business and Technical Communication ◽

10.1177/1050651920958507 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 35 (1) ◽

pp. 35-40

Author(s):

Josephine Walwema

Keyword(s):

Social Media ◽

World Health ◽

Global Risk ◽

The Public ◽

Global Pandemic ◽

The Social ◽

The World ◽

Access Information ◽

Health Organization ◽

Local Agencies

Upon declaring COVID-19 a global pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) orchestrated a global risk-communication outreach. The WHO’s objective was to persuade the public to upend and alter their lives so as to contain the disease and minimize its spread and infection. The WHO found a simple and efficient medium to communicate glocally through the social media application WhatsApp, through which individuals could access information without gatekeeping by governments and local agencies.

A Study On Public Awareness Towards Covid-19 Secure Policy With Special Reference To Coimbatore City

Journal of University of Shanghai for Science and Technology ◽

10.51201/jusst/21/11928 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 23 (11) ◽

pp. 631-640

Author(s):

Dr.G. Indrani ◽

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Dr. R.S. Kanimozhi ◽

Dr.L. Nithya ◽

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Keyword(s):

Special Reference ◽

Insurance Industry ◽

Public Awareness ◽

World Health ◽

Respiratory Pathogen ◽

The Novel ◽

The Public ◽

Global Pandemic ◽

The World ◽

COVID-19 is the infectious disease caused by the coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, which is a respiratory pathogen..Coronavirus disease, scientifically reclassified as COVID-19, has assumed global pandemic proportions. World attained a pandemic status declared by the World Health Organization (WHO) on 11 March 2020. The spread of the virus at a fast rate compared to previous pandemics has resulted in a total lockdown of nations, ban on travels, public gatherings and closure of offices. In most instances, the insurance industry and governments all over the world have become the beacons of hope to which people look for rescue from total annihilation. Due to the sudden emergence of the novel corona virus as a worldwide pandemic, the perception of the importance of health and life insurance is higher than before. Thus the present study is conducted to know the public awareness and their influencing factors towards covid-19 secure policy with special reference to Coimbatore city. The study also assess the perception and the various factors which acts as a barrier to ultimately obstruct the subscription of covid-19 health insurance.

Algerian University During the Corona Virus Pandemic: COVID-19 - Bechar University as a Sample

European Journal of Education ◽

10.26417/949tho19t ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 3 (1) ◽

pp. 121

Author(s):

Souad Guessar

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

World Health ◽

Public Health Authority ◽

The Public ◽

Corona Virus ◽

Global Pandemic ◽

The World ◽

Health Organization ◽

The Impact

In March 2020, the World Health Organization announced that the new Corona virus is a global pandemic. The World Health Organization and the public health authority of various countries are working to contain the spread of the virus through quarantine. But these crises raise the level of stress and psychological tension on individuals and society. As well as Algeria is not an exception and this research will be on the extent of the impact of the pandemic on the conduct of lessons at the universities level in Algeria, which were not equipped for such situations during the outbreak of the emerging corona virus, and try to analyze the situation and then proposing some solutions that can work if it hurts humanity and the Algerians, especially an epidemic like the Corona virus pandemic (COVID-19).

The relevance of dietetic approach of Ayurveda from the perspective of COVID-19 pandemic

International Journal of Research in Pharmaceutical Sciences ◽

10.26452/ijrps.v11ispl1.3077 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 11 (SPL1) ◽

pp. 748-752

Author(s):

Swapnali Khabade ◽

Bharat Rathi ◽

Renu Rathi

Keyword(s):

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome ◽

Healthy Person ◽

World Health ◽

Physical And Mental Health ◽

Leading Role ◽

Global Pandemic ◽

The People ◽

The World ◽

Health Organization ◽

The Individual

A novel, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), causes severe acute respiratory syndrome and spread globally from Wuhan, China. In March 2020 the World Health Organization declared the SARS-Cov-2 virus as a COVID- 19, a global pandemic. This pandemic happened to be followed by some restrictions, and specially lockdown playing the leading role for the people to get disassociated with their personal and social schedules. And now the food is the most necessary thing to take care of. It seems the new challenge for the individual is self-isolation to maintain themselves on the health basis and fight against the pandemic situation by boosting their immunity. Food organised by proper diet may maintain the physical and mental health of the individual. Ayurveda aims to promote and preserve the health, strength and the longevity of the healthy person and to cure the disease by properly channelling with and without Ahara. In Ayurveda, diet (Ahara) is considered as one of the critical pillars of life, and Langhana plays an important role too. This article will review the relevance of dietetic approach described in Ayurveda with and without food (Asthavidhi visheshaytana & Lanhgan) during COVID-19 like a pandemic.

Dietary and living regimen of covid-19 with special reference to Ayurveda Varsha and Sharad Ritucharya

International Journal of Research in Pharmaceutical Sciences ◽

10.26452/ijrps.v11ispl1.3079 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 11 (SPL1) ◽

pp. 758-762

Author(s):

Amit Biswas ◽

KunalChandankhede

Keyword(s):

Environmental Changes ◽

World Health ◽

Human Beings ◽

Dietary Regimen ◽

Global Pandemic ◽

The World ◽

Health Organization ◽

Disease Free ◽

Individual Disease ◽

Morbid Conditions

Wuhan originated Covid-19 disease is caused by SARC-COV 2 virus. It is a contagious disease it spread all over the world. World health organization declared a global pandemic disease. In Covid-19 immunity plays an important role. In old age people or having other co-morbid conditions the mortality rate is more. Ayurveda has a big role in improved immunity or to intact immunity. The principle of Ayurveda is to keep individual swastha (diseases free). To maintain individual disease-free Ritucharya is one of the important subjects of Ayurveda. Aimed of study is to find out Ritucharya literature from the Ayurveda and modern research specifically Varsha and Sharad ritu. Ritucharya contains dietary regimen, living modification, common medicine, and contraindicated things those changing according to environmental change. Upcoming season in India is Varsha and Sharad ritu. Environmental changes are huge in this season and it directly affected human beings. So this study reveals property of ritu, dietary regimen, living modification, common medicine and contraindicated things in upcoming varsha and sharad ritu.

Progression and Trends in Virus from Influenza A to COVID-19: An Overview of Recent Studies

Viruses ◽

10.3390/v13061145 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (6) ◽

pp. 1145

Author(s):

Hakimeh Baghaei Daemi ◽

Muhammad Fakhar-e-Alam Kulyar ◽

Xinlin He ◽

Chengfei Li ◽

Morteza Karimpour ◽

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Keyword(s):

Influenza A ◽

H1n1 Virus ◽

World Health ◽

H1n1 Pandemic ◽

Global Pandemic ◽

First Case ◽

Influenza A H1n1 ◽

The World ◽

Novel Coronavirus ◽

Influenza is a highly known contagious viral infection that has been responsible for the death of many people in history with pandemics. These pandemics have been occurring every 10 to 30 years in the last century. The most recent global pandemic prior to COVID-19 was the 2009 influenza A (H1N1) pandemic. A decade ago, the H1N1 virus caused 12,500 deaths in just 19 months globally. Now, again, the world has been challenged with another pandemic. Since December 2019, the first case of a novel coronavirus (COVID-19) infection was detected in Wuhan. This infection has risen rapidly throughout the world; even the World Health Organization (WHO) announced COVID-19 as a worldwide emergency to ensure human health and public safety. This review article aims to discuss important issues relating to COVID-19, including clinical, epidemiological, and pathological features of COVID-19 and recent progress in diagnosis and treatment approaches for the COVID-19 infection. We also highlight key similarities and differences between COVID-19 and influenza A to ensure the theoretical and practical details of COVID-19.

COVID-19 pandemic: A review of the global lockdown and its far-reaching effects

Science Progress ◽

10.1177/00368504211019854 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 104 (2) ◽

pp. 003685042110198

Author(s):

Helen Onyeaka ◽

Christian K Anumudu ◽

Zainab T Al-Sharify ◽

Esther Egele-Godswill ◽

Paul Mbaegbu

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Global Economy ◽

World Health ◽

Global Pandemic ◽

The World ◽

Education Delivery ◽

Environmental Air ◽

Health Organization ◽

Almost All ◽

The Impact

COVID-19, caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2), was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) on the 11th of March 2020, leading to some form of lockdown across almost all countries of the world. The extent of the global pandemic due to COVID-19 has a significant impact on our lives that must be studied carefully to combat it. This study highlights the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown on crucial aspects of daily life globally, including; Food security, Global economy, Education, Tourism, hospitality, sports and leisure, Gender Relation, Domestic Violence/Abuse, Mental Health and Environmental air pollution through a systematic search of the literature. The COVID-19 global lockdown was initiated to stem the spread of the virus and ‘flatten the curve’ of the pandemic. However, the impact of the lockdown has had far-reaching effects in different strata of life, including; changes in the accessibility and structure of education delivery to students, food insecurity as a result of unavailability and fluctuation in prices, the depression of the global economy, increase in mental health challenges, wellbeing and quality of life amongst others. This review article highlights the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown across the globe. As the global lockdown is being lifted in a phased manner in various countries of the world, it is necessary to explore its impacts to understand its consequences comprehensively. This will guide future decisions that will be made in a possible future wave of the COVID-19 pandemic or other global disease outbreak.

Building evidence on what works (and what does not): practical guidance from the World Health Organization on post-project evaluation of adolescent sexual and reproductive health projects

Health Policy and Planning ◽

10.1093/heapol/czab028 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Susan Igras ◽

Marina Plesons ◽

Venkatraman Chandra-Mouli

Keyword(s):

Reproductive Health ◽

Sexual And Reproductive Health ◽

Project Evaluation ◽

World Health ◽

The Public ◽

What Works ◽

The World ◽

Practical Guidance ◽

Abstract Over the past 25 years, there has been significant progress in increasing the recognition of, resources for, and action on adolescent health, and adolescent sexual and reproductive health (ASRH) in particular. As with numerous other health areas, however, many of the projects that aim to improve ASRH are implemented without well-thought-out plans for evaluation. As a result, the lessons that projects learn as they encounter and address policy and programmatic challenges are often not extracted and placed in the public arena. In such cases, post-project evaluation (PPE) offers the possibility to generate learnings about what works (and does not work), to complement prospective studies of new or follow-on projects. To fill the gap in the literature and guidance on PPE, the World Health Organization developed The project has ended, but we can still learn from it! Practical guidance for conducting post-project evaluations of adolescent sexual and reproductive health projects. This article provides an overview of the guidance by outlining key methodological and contextual challenges in conducting PPE, as well as illustrative solutions for responding to them.

Deafening silence on a vital issue: The World Health Organization has ignored the sexuality of persons with disabilities

African Journal of Disability ◽

10.4102/ajod.v7i0.474 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 7 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Christine Peta

Keyword(s):

Well Being ◽

World Health ◽

Human Beings ◽

Persons With Disabilities ◽

The Public ◽

National Priority ◽

Social Welfare System ◽

The World ◽

In 2016, the World Health Organization, through the Global Cooperation on Assistive Technology Initiative, issued the Priority Assistive Products List which is meant to be a guide to member states of the 50 assistive products needed for a basic health care and/or social welfare system; it is also a model from which nations can develop their national priority assistive products lists. The aim of this opinion paper is to share my views about the Priority Assistive Products List on the grounds that it makes no distinct mention of sexual assistive devices, yet research has indicated that sexuality is an area of great concern for persons with disabilities. In any case, sexuality forms a core part of being human, and it impacts on both the physical and mental well-being of all human beings. I conclude in part that, in its present format, the list perpetuates the myth that persons with disabilities are asexual beings who are innocent of sexual thoughts, feelings and experiences. The list also propagates the stereotype that sexuality is a sacred, private, bedroom matter that should be kept out of the public domain, to the detriment of the health and well-being of persons with disabilities.

Wellness Constraints Among International University Students Transitioning Through Covid 19

Psychology and Education Journal ◽

10.17762/pae.v58i3.4514 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 58 (3) ◽

pp. 3444-3456

Author(s):

Mr J Dorasamy, Et. al.

Keyword(s):

Social Economic ◽

World Health ◽

Social Emotional ◽

Global Pandemic ◽

Rapid Spread ◽

The World ◽

International University ◽

Novel Coronavirus ◽

The World Health Organization (Who) In March 2020 Declared Covid 19 A Pandemic, Due To The Global And Rapid Spread Of A Novel Coronavirus (Who, 2020). The Covid 19 Pandemic Being Highly Infectious And Unpredictable, Has Disrupted Social, Economic, Environmental And Political Spheres Of Life. Globally, People Have Ventured Into A “Lockdown World”, Increasing Uncertainty About Their Future Amidst The Covid 19 Pandemic. As A Result Of The Pandemic, Social Alteration Has Taken The Form Of Social Distancing, Self-Isolation And Self-Quarantine. Many Were Unprepared For The Shift From The “Normal”, Propelling Undue Stress Under The New Normal Way Of Doing Things During The Current Global Pandemic Crisis. This Has Been Accompanied By Social, Emotional And Mental Effects, As The Ongoing And Fluid Nature Of The Pandemic Has Created Uncertainty For Many People. The Covid 19 Pandemic, As A Multidimensional Stressor Affecting Wellbeing, Has Affected Individuals, Families, Educational, Occupational, And Broader Societal Systems.