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Review
. 2021 May 25;18(11):5645.
doi: 10.3390/ijerph18115645.

Beyond the Pandemic: COVID-19 Pandemic Changed the Face of Life

Shaden A M Khalifa  1 , Mahmoud M Swilam  2 , Aida A Abd El-Wahed  3 , Ming Du  4 , Haged H R El-Seedi  5 , Guoyin Kai  6 , Saad H D Masry  7   8 , Mohamed M Abdel-Daim  9 , Xiaobo Zou  10 , Mohammed F Halabi  11 , Sultan M Alsharif  12 , Hesham R El-Seedi  2   13   14
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Beyond the Pandemic: COVID-19 Pandemic Changed the Face of Life

Shaden A M Khalifa et al. Int J Environ Res Public Health. .

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic is a serious challenge for societies around the globe as entire populations have fallen victim to the infectious spread and have taken up social distancing. In many countries, people have had to self-isolate and to be confined to their homes for several weeks to months to prevent the spread of the virus. Social distancing measures have had both negative and positive impacts on various aspects of economies, lifestyles, education, transportation, food supply, health, social life, and mental wellbeing. On other hands, due to reduced population movements and the decline in human activities, gas emissions decreased and the ozone layer improved; this had a positive impact on Earth's weather and environment. Overall, the COVID-19 pandemic has negative effects on human activities and positive impacts on nature. This study discusses the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on different life aspects including the economy, social life, health, education, and the environment.

Keywords: COVID-19; economy; education; environment; health; lifestyle.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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Social media participation and the continuation of its role during the pandemic, especially using documented pages of international and local organizations as well as press institutions on the Facebook and Twitter platforms to update information about COVID-19 around the clock for users.
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Exploitation of the COVID-19 Pandemic is one of the gateways in forcing the technological transfer and development in education as a basic need in developing countries.
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Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the vaccine production process and new challenges.
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