The Great Lockdown in the Wake of COVID-19 and Its Implications: Lessons for Low and Middle-Income Countries
| Autor: | Sigamani Panneer, Komali Kantamaneni, Vigneshwaran Subbiah Akkayasamy, A. Xavier Susairaj, Prasant Kumar Panda, Sanghmitra Sheel Acharya, Louis Rice, Champika Liyanage, Robert Ramesh Babu Pushparaj |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2022 |
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SARS-CoV-2
Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis public policy Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health The WHO Collaborating Centre for Healthy Urban Environment F700 COVID-19 COVID-19 pandemic Review economic slowdown migrants informal sector Communicable Disease Control the great lockdown Humans Medicine Centre for Architecture and Built Environment Research health impact low- and middle-income countries Developing Countries Pandemics |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 19, Iss 610, p 610 (2022) International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health |
| ISSN: | 1661-7827 1660-4601 |
| Popis: | Concern for public health has been growing with the increasing volume of cases of COVID-19 in India. To combat this pandemic, India has implemented nationwide lockdowns, and unlocking phases continue with certain restrictions in different parts of the country. The lockdown has required people to adopt social-distance measures to minimize contacts in order to reduce the risks of additional infection. Nevertheless, the lockdown has already impacted economic activities and other dimensions of the health of individuals and society. Although many countries have helped their people through advanced welfare protection networks and numerous support aids, several emerging economies face specific difficulties to adapt to the pandemic due to vulnerable communities and scarce resources. However, certain lower-income countries need more rigorous analysis to implement more effective strategies to combat COVID-19. Accordingly, the current systematic review addresses the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdowns in India in relation to health and the economy. This work also provides further information on health inequalities, eco-nomic and social disparities in the country due to the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdowns and also contributes pragmatic suggestions for overcoming these challenges. These observations will be useful to the relevant local and national officials for improving and adopting novel strategies to face lockdown challenges |
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