Total COVID-19 cases surpasses 100 million. 23.01 For the first time, Hong Kong implemented mandatory lockdown in the restricted area. More than half of the confirmed cases came from the Yau Tsim Mong District in the past two weeks. To curb the local epidemic, the government has blocked ...
The timeline of the COVID-19 progression for the 83 countries is illustrated in Fig. 1. As of May 31, the days since these countries announced the first COVID-19 cases ranged from 60 to 152 with an average number of 98. These countries implemented the lockdown measures at different perio...
The COVID-19 pandemic continued to rage in 2021, but this was increasingly an unequal pandemic, with rich countries receiving millions of doses of vaccine and ending lockdowns and travel bans. It was also a year when policymakers started to prepare for the next inevitable pandemic....
Few studies have assessed the effect of lockdown on physical activity and eating behaviours in a population from the Autonomous Community of Andalusia in southern Spain. The aim of our study was to describe the effect of COVID-19 pandemic home lockdown on eating habits and lifestyle in the ...
Most of the COVID-19 studies in Saudi Arabia have focused on pre-existing conditions with final outcomes20,21, as well as dietary changes and mental health22,23. Given that lockdowns primarily promote a more sedentary and passive lifestyle, the present study aimed to determine the extent of...
April 8, 2020. The lockdown of Wuhan was lifted. On the same day, Xi chaired a Party leadership meeting to discuss implementing routine COVID-19 response measures and advancing the resumption of work and production across the board.
The globally fast-spreading novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is now testing the abilities of all countries to manage its widespread implications on public health. To effectively contain its impacts, a nation-wide temporary lockdown was enforced in India. The resultant panic buying and stockpili...
Global COVID-19 lockdown highlights humans as both threats and custodians of the environment 2021, Biological Conservation Show abstract Understanding Brazil's catastrophic fires: Causes, consequences and policy needed to prevent future tragedies 2021, Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation Show abstract...
We develop a minimalist compartmental model to study the impact of mobility restrictions in Italy during the Covid-19 outbreak. We show that, while an early lockdown shifts the contagion in time, beyond a critical value of lockdown strength the epidemic
This new knowledge, together with our understanding of infection control, will certainly impact the decision process of the lockdown exit, the importance of continuous monitoring, and also the reimplementation of some of these policies when there is a second wave of infection. Our knowledge in publ...