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Social Distancing and Quarantine as COVID-19 Control Remedy
Published in Hanadi Talal Ahmedah, Muhammad Riaz, Sagheer Ahmed, Marius Alexandru Moga, The Covid-19 Pandemic, 2023
Adeel Ahmad, Muhammad Hussaan, Fatima Batool, Sahar Mumtaz, Nagina Rehman, Samina Yaqoob, Humaira Kausar
Social distancing is a necessary step in limiting the COVID-19 spread. Social distancing is reducing the chances of spreading the virus by preventing the physical interaction among people. It is especially important during the coronavirus outbreak to protect persons who are at high risk of Coronavirus. It includes delay or postpone of mega-events, playgrounds, closure of school and markets. The entire city is isolated to restrict the interaction among people except limited interaction to give basic goods. These tools are the only way to limit disease spread in the absence of a suitable vaccine for COVID-19 disease [74].
COVID-19 Disaster Healthcare Management System in Rural Areas
Published in Adarsh Garg, D. P. Goyal, Global Healthcare Disasters, 2023
In India, a national wide lockdown was announced by the government on March 24th, 2020 to terminate the spread of COVID-19 within the country. The Government of India has taken multiple initiatives to protect the people from this deadly pandemic disease. The majority of the institutions of various fields like education institutions, IT, and manufacturing industries have been temporarily closed. The Indian government has appointed several medical practitioners and healthcare workers to create awareness of the deadly infection. People are directed to wear masks and take sufficient precautionary measures of maintaining social distancing among the people. The spreading of the virus has infected nearly millions of rural people in our country. The primary reason is mainly due to the migrant workers who enter their villages since they face several challenges like lack of jobs, financial loss, and closure of hostels, etc. The World Health Organization (WHOb) has recommended appointing one trained doctor for attending 1000 COVID-19 patients. While countries like India are concerned, two-third of the entire population resides in rural areas that require four times as many healthcare workers to attend the COVID-19 patients and it seems to be quite challenging. The majority of the rural communities have relied on untrained healthcare workers and the government officially has faced several obstacles in reaching the rural people for creating awareness on protecting them from this epidemic infection.
Introduction
Published in Usva Seregina, Astrid Van den Bossche, Art-Based Research in the Context of a Global Pandemic, 2023
Usva Seregina, Astrid Van den Bossche
Although several waves and lockdowns have now come and gone and the roll-out of vaccine programmes has vastly changed the prognosis, there is no going back to life before the pandemic. Irreversible changes have restructured our daily lives, the economy, work routines, health care, the organisation of educational institutions, and even seemingly simple activities like shopping or getting a haircut. Some public spaces continue to require mask-wearing, and fading signs remind the public to practice social distancing. One-way circulation lanes reconfigure familiar spaces. Testing, temperature screening, and vaccination status checks have become routine. A complex traffic-light system governs international travel, largely severing developing countries from the developed due to wild disparities in vaccine availability and uptake. The time of crisis thus drags on, but it has largely been absorbed into a “new normal” interspersed with the waxing and waning of restrictions as new mutations are discovered, scrutinised, and stemmed. Crucially, the resulting ruptures in the fabric of everyday life have brought to light and even exacerbated existing racial, gender, and economic inequalities. As we discuss in more detail below, different groups have had varied access to resources or support, and their ability to respond to various Covid-19-related measures may have been limited by such things, as type of work, caring duties, or community support. These developments intensify the urgency to acknowledge and make attempts to resolve the inequalities.
Digital physical therapy practice and payment during the COVID-19 pandemic: A case series
Published in Physiotherapy Theory and Practice, 2023
The 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has prompted rapid and widespread change in everyday life and in healthcare. Social distancing, keeping a larger space between individuals to reduce disease transmission (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2020), was strongly recommended. In several states, stay-at-home or shelter-in-place orders limited the ability of individuals to leave their homes. Nearly 40% of physical therapy businesses reported exercising their professional judgment by closing their clinics to in-person visits to reduce risk (American Physical Therapy Association, 2020b). This widespread closure was likely because physical therapists often treat individuals with multiple comorbidities (Boissonnault, 1999) and those aged 65 years and older, who are more likely to be hospitalized (Richardson et al., 2020) and die (Xie et al., 2020) from the virus. However, the adoption of prudent social distancing measures means less direct contact between physical therapists and their patients. As a result, an urgent need for digital physical therapy practice emerged.
Longitudinal experiences and impact of the COVID-19 pandemic among people with past or current eating disorders in Sweden
Published in Eating Disorders, 2022
Andreas Birgegård, Afrouz Abbaspour, Stina Borg, David Clinton, Emma Forsén Mantilla, Androula Savva, Jet D. Termorshuizen, Cynthia M. Bulik
Sweden’s pandemic response was different from many other countries, with no lockdowns and a focus on slowing rather than stopping the spread of disease (Ludvigsson, 2020). Social distancing was recommended in public places, as well as working from home and limiting the number of social interactions outside one’s household. Visits to nursing homes were banned, physical distancing at restaurants, bars, and events was enforced by restricting opening hours and the number of customers, while universities and schools for older children (>16 years) closed at least temporarily (Ludvigsson, 2020). Pre-schools and schools for younger children remained open. ED treatment units remained open, only transitioning to telehealth with patients where it was deemed appropriate. This less restrictive approach may have resulted in fewer, or different, negative effects for individuals with current or past EDs, compared to countries with a more restrictive approach. Moreover, Sweden has universal health care with free or low-cost, heavily subsidized treatment, and limited poverty. Therefore, temporary or permanent work layoffs had little impact on people’s ability to engage in treatment or afford food required by, e.g.,, their treatment plan.
The COVID-19 pandemic: The importance of physical activity among faculty members
Published in Journal of American College Health, 2022
Many outdoor physical activities can be carried out while maintaining social distancing. For example, walking and running, two of the most common types of physical activities among the general adult population across the globe,19 have several health benefits. Walking has beneficial effects on several cardiovascular disease risk factors, including body composition, blood pressure, fasting glucose and maximal oxygen consumption,20 and running has been associated with reduced all-cause mortality and cardiovascular disease mortality and disease.21 Walking and running are appropriate physical activities during the COVID-19 pandemic as long as social distancing is maintained. Although influenced by factors such as traveling speed, a social distance of approximately five meters for brisk walking and ten meters for running has recently been suggested in order to avoid substantial droplet exposure.22