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Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and unexpected world health crisis

2020

Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by a newly discovered coronavirus and it has created unexpected world crisis which never happen after second world war. On 30 January 2020, the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the outbreak of COVID-19 to be a Public Health Emergency of International Concern and issued a set of Temporary Recommendations. There is a new public health crisis threatening the world with the emergence and spread of 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) or the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The virus originated in bats and was transmitted to humans through yet unknown intermediary animals in Wuhan, Hubei province, China in December 2019. The objective of the paper is to identify the reason to spread COVID-19 and to identify the possible solution to prevent COVID-19. It is a qualitative research. The information has collected studying articles, books and newspapers. People can recover ...

IMPACT OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC ON GLOBAL CITIZENS AND THE PATH TO A NEW NORMALCY

Srishti Choudhury , Economics Student at Delhi University, Delhi, India, 2020

It has been almost 9 months since WHO declared Coronavirus as a global health emergency. Amidst this pandemic a lot of questions arise, answers to which lie with the citizens of the global economy. Who are the worst affected? What are the challenges faced by them? How are we coping with the lifestyle changes? Are we on the path to attaining a new normalcy?

COVID-19 and the Great Disruption: An Introduction

The Zambakari Advisory Special Issue, 2020

The Zambakari Advisory is proud to present our Fall 2020 Special Issue: “The Great Disruption: COVID-19 and the Global Health Crisis.” To produce a quality perspective and shine a nuanced light on this health crisis, we invited prominent scholars, medical doctors, epidemiologist and social scientists to share with you the evolving pandemic as it is seen and experienced and battled around the world. Whereas much still remains unknown, untested and unpredictable, only by committing to an all-encompassing, all-inclusive, multidisciplinary approach can we begin to fight back successfully. While we encounter and try to understand new evolutions in the virus and our treatment of it, this is not the first time the world has been confronted with such a challenge. Our universality has provided the coronavirus with more rapid transmission opportunities than ever before, but we cannot turn our backs on the broad lessons we have learned from our fights against such vicious 20th-century killers as the Spanish (1918-20) and Asian (1957-58) flus, the HIV virus that causes AIDS (1981-present), the H1N1 swine flu (2009-10), the West Africa Ebola pandemic (2014-16) and the Zika virus in South and Central America (2015-present). This issue’s collection features seven articles contributed by such respected voices as Marc Lipsitch, John P. A. Ioannidis, Jonathan Fuller, Graham E. Fuller, Dirk Hansohm, Asha Abdel Rahim, Rose Jaji and Paul Gormley.

Global Challenges After a Global Challenge: Lessons Learned from the COVID-19 Pandemic

The COVID-19 Aftermath, Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, 2024

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has affected not only individual lives but also the world and global systems, both natural and human-made. Besides millions of deaths and environmental challenges, the rapid spread of the infection and its very high socioeconomic impact have affected healthcare, economic status and wealth, and mental health across the globe. To better appreciate the pandemic’s influence, multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary approaches are needed. In this chapter, world-leading scientists from different backgrounds share collectively their views about the pandemic’s footprint and discuss challenges that face the international community.

COVID-19 Pandemic: Calm before Storm

IJSR, 2020

COVID-19 is emerging as a major public health threat leading to a global crisis that is unprecedented and extraordinary. There has been particular concern about the spread of the virus in countries that are already struggling with insecurity and weakened health systems.Nations were poorly prepared and the governments initially tried to cover the damage. Some countries have effectively managed the pandemic yet most, if not all, are struggling to cope the onslaught. Short-term and long-term strategies need to be drawn and implemented to stem the tide. Otherwise, not only nCoV infection will spell doom over the mankind but other viruses may be in the wait to attack the global community. Governments have a responsibility and must be responsive to the changing needs of blocking the viral super-highway. Act now or else we will be annihilated by emerging tiny microbes. It is everyone's responsibility. Our health is in our hands.This pandemic will not be the last. Nations must use this opportunity to rebuild systems into something more resilient.

COVID-19: breaking down a global health crisis

Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials, 2021

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is the second pandemic of the twenty-first century, with over one-hundred million infections and over two million deaths to date. It is a novel strain from the Coronaviridae family, named Severe Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2); the 7th known member of the coronavirus family to cause disease in humans, notably following the Middle East Respiratory syndrome (MERS), and Severe Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (SARS). The most characteristic feature of this single-stranded RNA molecule includes the spike glycoprotein on its surface. Most patients with COVID-19, of which the elderly and immunocompromised are most at risk, complain of flu-like symptoms, including dry cough and headache. The most common complications include pneumonia, acute respiratory distress syndrome, septic shock, and cardiovascular manifestations. Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 is mainly via respiratory droplets, either directly from the air when an infected patient coughs or sneezes, or in the form of fomites on surfaces. Maintaining hand-hygiene, social distancing, and personal protective equipment (i.e., masks) remain the most effective precautions. Patient management includes supportive care and anticoagulative measures, with a focus on maintaining respiratory function. Therapy with dexamethasone, remdesivir, and tocilizumab appear to be most promising to date, with hydroxychloroquine, lopinavir, ritonavir, and interferons falling out of favour. Additionally, accelerated vaccination efforts have taken place internationally, with several promising vaccinations being mass deployed. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, countries and stakeholders have taken varying precautions to combat and contain the spread of the virus and dampen its collateral economic damage. This review paper aims to synthesize the impact of the virus on a global, micro to macro scale.

From epidemic to pandemic covid-19 world crisis!

The Journal of Dental Panacea, 2021

There is a new public health crises threatening the world with the emergence and spread of 2019 novel corona virus (2019-nCoV) The virus originated in bats and was transmitted to humans through yet unknown intermediary animals in Wuhan, Hubei province, China in December 2019.It caused a total of 80,868 confirmed cases and 3101 deaths in Chinese mainland until March 8, 2020. This novel virus spread mainly through respiratory droplets and close contact. According to the current pandemic situation the worldwide report of death due to COVID-19 is 165,877,654, cases confirmed and 3,445,463 death and 146,583,420 recovered. The symptoms are usually fever, cough, sore throat, breathlessness, fatigue, malaise among others. The disease is mild in most people; in some, usually the elderly and those with comorbidities, it may progress to pneumonia, acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and multi organ dysfunction. As COVID-19 has triggered enormous human casualties and serious economic los...

COVID-19: From Epidemic to Pandemic

Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness

Just after I finished my last editorial 1 , WHO declared COVID-19 to be a pandemic, ushering in a new wave of heightened anxiety, public panic, and global socioeconomic damage. The extreme measures implemented in order to combat this public health