COVID-19-lockdownEmergency-roomPsychiatryObjective : To examine whether the 1st COVID-19 lockdown in Israel affected emergency psychiatric presentations in a general hospital. Method : We studied files of patients who underwent psychiatric consultation in the emergency-room (ER) at the Tel-Aviv ...
The COVID-19 lockdown has drastically limited social interactions and brought about a climate of fear and uncertainty. These circumstances not only increased affective symptoms and social isolation among community dwelling older adults but also alter the dynamics between them. Using network analyses, we...
The COVID-19 pandemic and resulting measures can be regarded as a global stressor. Cross-sectional studies showed rather negative impacts on people’s mental health, while longitudinal studies considering pre-lockdown data are still scarce. The present study investigated the impact of COVID-19 rela...
Covid-19 lockdowns have improved the ambient air quality across the world via reduced air pollutant levels. This article aims to investigate the effect of the partial lockdown on the main ambient air pollutants and their elemental concentrations bound to PM2.5 in Hanoi. In addition to the PM...
Fig. 7. Demonstration events by date and type, Lebanon (Source: Authors’ calculations using ACLED data from July 1st, 2019 to mid-May 2020. The vertical reference line is for March 15th, the first day of Lebanon’s initial COVID-19 lockdown. The Lowess smoother uses a bandwidth of 0.5...
This study aimed to identify changes in fruit and vegetable consumption habits during the COVID-19 pandemic in the urban area of Quito, Ecuador, using a survey that was conducted during the country’s lockdown period. There was a particular focus on changes in consumption according to household...
During the lockdown due to COVID-19, environmental pollution reached baseline levels. The present study investigates the effect of lockdown on noise levels and assesses the current level of noise pollution in Delhi and Mumbai, two metropolitan cities of India. The data for Leq (A), L10 (A)...
The Philippines on Sunday started implementing a 30-day lockdown in Metro Manila to limit the movement of people in the region in a bid to contain the spread of the virus. From March 15 until April 14, domestic travel to and from Metro Manila will be restricted. The government also announ...
Preterm birth (PTB) is the leading cause of infant mortality worldwide. Changes in PTB rates, ranging from −90% to +30%, were reported in many countries following early COVID-19 pandemic response measures (‘lockdowns’). It is unclear whether this va
1a). Interestingly, findings suggest a significant increase in tweets mentioning pneumonia in most of the selected European countries well before the outbreak of COVID-19 was officially reported in the news. In Italy, for example, where the first lockdown measures to contain an emerging threat ...