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 ...
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 ...
COVID-19 cases subsequently increased exponentially, and a host of measures have been rapidly implemented to decelerate the spread of SARS-CoV-2 (‘flattening the curve’) to reduce the impact on the healthcare system, including social distancing, self-isolation and lockdown strategies. Financial ...
A high COVID-19 vaccine uptake is essential to achieve herd immunity to combat the current strain of COVID-19 and potential future variants. This review aimed to identify factors associated with public intention to receive COVID-19 vaccines until February 2021 to provide accessible data to policy...
Impact of COVID-19 lockdowns on mental health: evidence from a quasi-natural experiment in England and Scotland. Health Econ. 2022;31(2):284-296. doi:10.1002/hec.4453PubMedGoogle ScholarCrossref 4. Amsalem D, Dixon LB, Neria Y. The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)...
COVID-19 has massively affected the lives of people all over the world. This paper presents first insights in current and potential future effects of the virus and the Dutch government's ‘intelligent lockdown’ on people's activities and travel behaviour. Findings are based on a representative...
As the U.K. continues its lockdown, the question for policymakers and public alike is when the virus will start to slow. The Government has recently postponed discussion about when lockdown restrictions might be eased, saying it is too early to tell when the peak of the virus could be rea...
Please see Figure 1 for a study timeline in the context of the UK lockdown. We measured the retrospective estimates of change in wellbeing and health behaviours of young people currently in lockdown, as well as their current mental wellbeing using validated psychometric instruments. We repeated ...
Since 2020, COVID-19 has caused serious mortality around the world. Given the ambiguity in establishing COVID-19 as the direct cause of death, we first investigate the effects of age and sex on all-cause mortality during 2020 and 2021 in England and Wales. Since infectious agents have their...
makes the unprecedented movenot only to close off Wuhan and its population of 11 million, but to also place a restricted access protocol on Huanggang, 30 miles to the east, where residents can’t leave without special permission. This means up to 18 million people are under strict lockdown....