scholarly journals The Novel Coronavirus Disease-COVID-19: Pandemic and Its Impact on Environment

2020 ◽  
pp. 13-21
Author(s):  
Mayur Gautam ◽  
Sneha Kumari ◽  
Shrestha Gautam ◽  
Ranjay Kumar Singh ◽  
R. S. Kureel
Keyword(s):  
Fossil Fuels ◽  
Human Movement ◽  
Health Centers ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Central Pollution Control Board ◽  
Normal Water ◽  
Novel Coronavirus ◽  
Positive Effect

The global disturbance caused by the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in a number of effects and impacts on human beings and environment. The widespread coronavirus has caused diminishment worldwide in human lives and financial movement, inspite of the fact that typically major cause for concern, the inclining down of human movement and intervention shows a positive effect on the environment and climate. Industrial and transport outflows effluents have decreased measurable data bolsters the clearing of toxins and contamination in the air, soil and water. This impact is additionally in differentiate to carbon outflows, which was shot up by 5 percent after the worldwide financial related crash over a decade prior. As a result of boost investing on fossil fuels utilize to kick begin the worldwide economy. Water bodies have too been clearing and the Yamuna and Ganga as well as other rivers have seen critical advancement since the authorization of across and complete nationwide lockdown from 23rd March to 3rd June, 2020 as well as partial lockdown thereafter. Concurring to the real-time water observing information the normal water quality of 27 focuses of the Ganga seen in later days is reasonable for washing and proliferation of natural life and fisheries. Apart human lives, it has also been discussed that how to save our nature and environment by lockdown habit and guidelines need to be issued by Central Pollution Control Board disposed of precautionary material like gloves, mask, sanitizers and biomedical waste of medical health centers and quarantine centers.

scholarly journals Novel coronavirus, novel faculty development programs: rapid transition to eLearning during the pandemic

2020 ◽  
Vol 48 (5) ◽  
pp. 446-449 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zuber D. Mulla ◽  
Valerie Osland-Paton ◽  
Marco A. Rodriguez ◽  
Eduardo Vazquez ◽  
Sanja Kupesic Plavsic
Keyword(s):  
Online Education ◽  
Faculty Development ◽  
El Paso ◽  
Health Centers ◽  
Academic Health Centers ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Development Programs ◽  
Rapid Transition ◽  
Texas Tech University ◽  
Novel Coronavirus

AbstractThe novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has caused a rapid and massive transition to online education. We describe the response of our Office of Faculty Development at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso (TTUHSC EP) to this unprecedented challenge during and after this post-pandemic crisis. The initiatives for emergency transition to eLearning and faculty development described in this paper may serve as a model for other academic health centers, schools, colleges and universities.

scholarly journals Pediatric Endocrinology in the Time of COVID-19: Considerations for the Rapid Implementation of Telemedicine and Management of Pediatric Endocrine Conditions

2020 ◽  
Vol 93 (6) ◽  
pp. 343-350
Author(s):  
Molly O. Regelmann ◽  
Rushika Conroy ◽  
Evgenia Gourgari ◽  
Anshu Gupta ◽  
Ines Guttmann-Bauman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Patient Care ◽  
Care Patient ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Patient Privacy ◽  
Pediatric Endocrinology ◽  
Quality Of Patient Care ◽  
Care Outcomes ◽  
Novel Coronavirus ◽  
The Impact

<b><i>Background:</i></b> Pediatric endocrine practices had to rapidly transition to telemedicine care at the onset of the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. For many, it was an abrupt introduction to providing virtual healthcare, with concerns related to quality of patient care, patient privacy, productivity, and compensation, as workflows had to change. <b><i>Summary:</i></b> The review summarizes the common adaptations for telemedicine during the pandemic with respect to the practice of pediatric endocrinology and discusses the benefits and potential barriers to telemedicine. <b><i>Key Messages:</i></b> With adjustments to practice, telemedicine has allowed providers to deliver care to their patients during the COVID-19 pandemic. The broader implementation of telemedicine in pediatric endocrinology practice has the potential for expanding patient access. Research assessing the impact of telemedicine on patient care outcomes in those with pediatric endocrinology conditions will be necessary to justify its continued use beyond the COVID-19 pandemic.

Survey on the dissemination of Web-based information on “evacuation and sheltering” in the context of COVID-19 by the Japanese Government

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hiroaki Sano ◽  
Yohei Chiba ◽  
Sachiko Maeda ◽  
Chiharu Ikeda ◽  
Nobuyuki Handa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Information Dissemination ◽  
Central Government ◽  
Health Centers ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Administrative Agencies ◽  
Novel Coronavirus ◽  
Actual Response

Purpose This study examines the websites of central government ministries, prefectures and municipalities to obtain a comprehensive bird’s-eye view of how they are preparing for natural disasters in the context of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. Design/methodology/approach This study examines the websites of central government ministries, prefectures and municipalities in Japan to survey the actual status of information dissemination on “evacuation and sheltering” in the context of COVID-19. Findings This study found that the central government issued many notices, notifications and administrative communications to prefectures, cities with public health centers and special wards, which were mainly related to opening, securing and operating evacuation centers and improving the environment. It was found that most prefectures disseminated information on both survival and living evacuation and did so from June onward, when the flood season was approaching. Among the municipalities, there were differences in information dissemination tendencies by prefecture, and it became clear that smaller municipalities were especially incapable of fully disseminating information via the Web. Research limitations/implications The data from the prefectures and municipalities surveyed in this study were collected from websites and do not necessarily represent the actual response to disaster-related evacuation in the context of COVID-19 in those areas. To clarify this evacuation, more detailed surveys are needed. Originality/value This study is unique because no research has been conducted on the response of Japanese administrative agencies to disaster-related evacuation in the context of COVID-19; the actual situation was analyzed in this study by examining central government ministries, prefectures and municipalities as administrative agencies and comparing their responses.

Work of the clinical expert department of the ophthalmosurgical clinic in the context of a pandemic of the novel coronavirus disease

2021 ◽  
pp. 9-14
Author(s):  
O.B. Baleva ◽  
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N.V. Savchenko ◽  
V.V. Egorov ◽  
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...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Distance ◽  
State Institution ◽  
Insurance Companies ◽  
Medical Documentation ◽  
Federal State ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Coronavirus Infection ◽  
Novel Coronavirus ◽  
Clinical Expert

Changes in work of the clinical expert department of the Khabarovsk branch of the S. Fyodorov Eye Microsurgery Federal State Institution (the Khabarovsk branch) in the context of a pandemic of the novel coronavirus disease were analyzed in the article. The difficulties that have appeared in all sections of the work performed are described, both medical and expert: the time for checking the quality of filling out medical documentation has increased due to the identification of a larger number of defects; the time for medical control and discharge of patients from the hospital has increased due to the impossibility of accumulating patients in one place and the need to maintain social distance; difficulties arose in working with experts from insurance companies due to the lack of direct communication (medical records are checked outside the Khabarovsk branch). The concern of people about the possibility of carrying out surgical treatment in conditions of coronavirus infection was expressed in an increase in the information load of the «Question - Answer» section on the website of the Khabarovsk branch and, accordingly, on the doctors in the clinical expert department working with it. Key words: pandemic, COVID-19, SARSCoV-2, anti-epidemic measures, personal protective equipment, social distance, treatment control, medical documentation, medical and economic expertise.

scholarly journals Psychological Strategies for Maintaining Mental Health During the Coronavirus 2019 Pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mahdiyeh Sarraf-Razavi ◽  
Seyyed Mohammad Tabatabaei ◽  
Mahboubeh Eslamzadeh ◽  
Marjan Moradi ◽  
Zhaleh Feyzi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Social Support ◽  
Healthy Lifestyle ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
World Health ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Individual Care ◽  
Novel Coronavirus ◽  
Health Organization

The infection caused by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) started from China and spread out to the whole world, and became a pandemic as the world health organization declared. COVID-19 has caused many challenges in all aspects of life, including mental health for the entire human beings. The current study has reviewed some important strategies based on individual care and social support. Maintaining healthy lifestyle and doing regular life activities such as enough sleeping, doing art, listening to music, doing yoga, and meditation could be practical for individual care. Some social support strategies may include talking to trusty people or counselors to share emotions, keeping in touch with family, friends, and colleagues, supporting people via calls and texts warmly, and taking care of the elderly, children, and especially medical workers. [GMJ.2021;10:e2008]

Hyperbaric oxygenation in the implementation of rehabilitation measures after COVID-19 pneumonia

2021 ◽  
pp. 7-11
Author(s):  
Tatyana Nikolaevna Kondratyeva ◽  
Natalya Alekseevna Kutalova
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Hyperbaric Oxygenation ◽  
The Body ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Complex Treatment ◽  
Coronavirus Infection ◽  
Rehabilitation Measures ◽  
Novel Coronavirus ◽  
The Impact

The aim of the study was to research the hyperbaric oxygenation effect on the condition of patients in the course of complex treatment aimed at rehabilitation after suffering from COVID-19 pneumonia. Results: the impact of hyperbaric oxygenation on the body of patients who have suffered from the novel coronavirus infection provides a positive dynamics and improves their quality of life. Conclusion: in the process of rehabilitating patients who have undergone the new coronavirus infection, it is necessary to use various physiotherapeutic measures, including hyperbaric oxygenation.

scholarly journals Survey of the Sleep Quality of Medical Staff in a Grade A Tertiary Hospital during the Novel Coronavirus Pneumonia Outbreak

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Qiugui Huang ◽  
Jian Yu ◽  
Linjun Liang ◽  
Xiaofang Zhang ◽  
Yuyao Liu
Keyword(s):  
Sleep Quality ◽  
Medical Staff ◽  
Sleep Disturbances ◽  
Tertiary Hospital ◽  
General Ward ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Falling Asleep ◽  
Novel Coronavirus ◽  
Isolation Ward

This study aimed to investigate the sleep quality of medical staff in China who are combatting novel coronavirus pneumonia (COVID-19). To perform this, a survey of 127 medical staff from three separate wards (the general ward, isolation ward, and fever clinic) of a Grade A tertiary hospital in China was conducted. The survey questionnaire measured general characteristics and included the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI). We consequently found that global PSQI scores differed significantly between the different wards (?2 = 44.561, P<0.001). Whilst the medical staff in the general ward did not report any sleep disturbances, those in the isolation ward and the fever clinic both exhibited various degrees of sleep disturbance (global PSQI score > 7). Medical staff in the isolation ward had the worst sleep quality (mean rank = 91.74), followed by those in the fever clinic (mean rank = 70.52) and the general ward (mean rank = 39.10), respectively. The primary sleep disturbances reported by the medical staff from the isolation ward included difficulty falling asleep (24 cases, 71.42%), waking early or at night (28 cases, 80%), and nightmares (18 cases, 51.42%). In addition, 31.42% (11 cases) of the medical staff from the isolation ward had less than six hours of sleep a night, and 65.71% (23 cases) felt that their sleep quality was poor; meanwhile, for the staff from the fever clinic these ratios were 16.67% (seven cases) and 33.33% (14 cases), respectively. In contrast, among medical staff in the general ward, 98% (49 cases) reported sleeping for more than six hours a night, and 96% felt that their sleep quality was good. In conclusion, of the medical staff providing treatment for COVID-19, those in isolation wards and fever clinics are more likely to experience sleep disturbances.

scholarly journals Disinfeksi Novel Coronavirus di Dalam Air Minum PDAM dan Air Limbah Untuk Fase Normal Baru

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gede H Cahyana
Keyword(s):  
Drinking Water ◽  
Scientific Information ◽  
Genetic Material ◽  
Mechanical Action ◽  
Treated Wastewater ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Oxidation Pond ◽  
New Normal ◽  
Normal Water ◽  
Novel Coronavirus

The first COVID-19 outbreak was occurred in Wuhan, December 2019. WHO has assigned the outbreak as pandemic on March 11, 2020. This article aims to review the effectiveness of chlorination in eradicating viruses (and bacteria) in drinking water and wastewater so that people have scientific information in eradication practice. Articles were obtained from scholar.google.com, National Library, textbooks. During pandemic doctors, paramedics have carried out curative efforts. People have carried out preventive efforts. A third attempt is needed, mechanical action using chlorine. Chlorine was able to inactivate viruses in objects affected by droplets. At a dose 0.2–40 mg/l and free chlorine residual 0.2–0.5 mg/l, chlorination was effective in eradicating viruses (and bacteria) in drinking water. Bacteria can be used as a host by viruses. If the bacteria die, viruses are inactive. The novel Coronavirus envelope can be destroyed by chlorine. Researchers have found genetic material of novel Coronavirus in wastewater. The SARS virus has also been found in raw wastewater and treated wastewater with disinfectant. This states, chlorination is not effective in eradicating viruses (and bacteria) in wastewater because of its abundant of faeces. Chlorination is also not effective for killing viruses (and bacteria) in the oxidation pond. Effluents always contain significant amounts of viruses (and bacteria). The genetic material of novel Coronavirus found in wastewater will be a latent danger after pandemic (new normal). Water treated by PDAM will become more important in new normal and must be provided in public and social facilities.

scholarly journals Incorporating Human Movement Data to Improve Epidemiological Estimates for 2019-nCoV

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhidong Cao ◽  
Qingpeng Zhang ◽  
Xin Lu ◽  
Dirk Pfeiffer ◽  
Lei Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Latent Infection ◽  
Human Mobility ◽  
Mainland China ◽  
Human Movement ◽  
Hubei Province ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Movement Data ◽  
Control And Prevention ◽  
Novel Coronavirus ◽  
Reporting Data

AbstractEstimating the key epidemiological features of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) epidemic proves to be challenging, given incompleteness and delays in early data reporting, in particular, the severe under-reporting bias in the epicenter, Wuhan, Hubei Province, China. As a result, the current literature reports widely varying estimates. We developed an alternative geo-stratified debiasing estimation framework by incorporating human mobility with case reporting data in three stratified zones, i.e., Wuhan, Hubei Province excluding Wuhan, and mainland China excluding Hubei. We estimated the latent infection ratio to be around 0.12% (18,556 people) and the basic reproduction number to be 3.24 in Wuhan before the city’s lockdown on January 23, 2020. The findings based on this debiasing framework have important implications to prioritization of control and prevention efforts.One Sentence SummaryA geo-stratified debiasing approach incorporating human movement data was developed to improve modeling of the 2019-nCoV epidemic.

COVID-19 and Children’s Mental Health: Identifying Challenges and the New Normal

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aniruddh Behere ◽  
Brittany N. Barber Garcia
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Global Health ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Health Organizations ◽  
Health Authorities ◽  
Global Pandemic ◽  
Evidenced Based ◽  
Novel Coronavirus

The novel coronavirus disease COVID-19 has had clear and direct impact on the physical health of human beings, but the mental health toll associated with this global pandemic is only beginning to be understood. Although children and adolescents have been largely spared from the more severe symptoms associated with the disease, global health organizations such as the United Nations have suggested that COVID-19 may have the longest and most severe impact on children and adolescents due to the socioeconomic, physical, psychological impacts associated with the disease itself and the measures taken to stop transmission, such as physical distancing. This paper provides an overview of the evolutionary basis for community, and the ways that social and physical distancing measures to contain COVID-19 threaten the important social learning and support that community provides. It will then discuss, based on research from prior pandemics, recommendations from global health authorities, and emerging data on the impacts of COVID-19, how this pandemic is likely to impact the mental health of children and adolescents. Finally, we offer evidenced-based suggestions about how to mitigate the effects of physical and social distancing.

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