How the Coronavirus Lockdown Impacts the Impoverished in India
| Autor: | Govindasamy Agoramoorthy, Minna J. Hsu |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Health (social science)
Sociology and Political Science media_common.quotation_subject India Social class law.invention Health(social science) 03 medical and health sciences Mental distress 0302 clinical medicine law Political science Pandemic Quarantine Lockdown Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Socioeconomics Poverty media_common Transients and Migrants Government 030505 public health Health Policy Caste Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health COVID-19 Health Status Disparities Coronavirus Anthropology Perspective Article 0305 other medical science Prejudice |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities |
| ISSN: | 2196-8837 2197-3792 |
| Popis: | In response to the coronavirus pandemic, several countries have imposed curfews, quarantines, and lockdowns to restrict the spread of the infection among people. India had initiated a nationwide lockdown to combat the pandemic starting from the last week of March until the end of May 2020. But, the lockdown had continued subsequently in several red zones across parts of the country for few months. However, scientists have criticized the government's abrupt lockdown since it prevented people from preparing for the worst aftermath. Besides, the curfews have blocked millions of impoverished migrant workers from leaving cities to return to their homes in distant rural villages. As a result, the destitute workers have endured enormous hardship and outright discrimination desolately leading to their added physical and mental distress, pain, suffering, and death. Most of the victims of the lockdown have belonged to the economically distressed lower social classes of the Indian caste hierarchy. This article outlines their sufferings triggered by the long drawn-out lockdown episode. |
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