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Review
. 2021 Apr-Jun;104(2):368504211019854.
doi: 10.1177/00368504211019854.

COVID-19 pandemic: A review of the global lockdown and its far-reaching effects

Helen Onyeaka  1 , Christian K Anumudu  1 , Zainab T Al-Sharify  1   2 , Esther Egele-Godswill  3 , Paul Mbaegbu  4
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COVID-19 pandemic: A review of the global lockdown and its far-reaching effects

Helen Onyeaka et al. Sci Prog. 2021 Apr-Jun.

Abstract

COVID-19, caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2), was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) on the 11th of March 2020, leading to some form of lockdown across almost all countries of the world. The extent of the global pandemic due to COVID-19 has a significant impact on our lives that must be studied carefully to combat it. This study highlights the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown on crucial aspects of daily life globally, including; Food security, Global economy, Education, Tourism, hospitality, sports and leisure, Gender Relation, Domestic Violence/Abuse, Mental Health and Environmental air pollution through a systematic search of the literature. The COVID-19 global lockdown was initiated to stem the spread of the virus and 'flatten the curve' of the pandemic. However, the impact of the lockdown has had far-reaching effects in different strata of life, including; changes in the accessibility and structure of education delivery to students, food insecurity as a result of unavailability and fluctuation in prices, the depression of the global economy, increase in mental health challenges, wellbeing and quality of life amongst others. This review article highlights the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown across the globe. As the global lockdown is being lifted in a phased manner in various countries of the world, it is necessary to explore its impacts to understand its consequences comprehensively. This will guide future decisions that will be made in a possible future wave of the COVID-19 pandemic or other global disease outbreak.

Keywords: COVID-19; corona virus; effects; environmental air pollution; impacts; lockdown; pandemic.

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The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

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COVID-19 deaths amongst the 76 countries with the highest death rates.
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COVID-19 cases amongst the 73 countries with the highest infection rates.
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Impacts of COVID-19 lockdown.
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