COVID-19 in South Africa: lockdown strategy and its effects on public health and other contagious diseasesdoi:10.1016/j.puhe.2020.06.033Shahrokh HatefiFarouk SmithKhaled Abou-El-HosseinJavad AlizargarPublic Health
Gender-based violence (GBV) has always been an issue of concern in South Africa and Globally. This problem of gender-based violence is currently exacerbated due to the lockdown restrictions. Women and children are targets for Covid-19 related frustrations as gender-based violence reports increase...
I think there might be another ban soon – hopefully not a full lockdown on sales! The government hasn't even tried enforcing any alternatives or looking at helping people maintain their living. There is a reason prohibition didn't work." Erica Taylor adds: "The numbers are the highest ...
For example, comparison of observations over northern China during the 2020 winter lockdown versus the same calendar period in 2019 shows higher ground-level ozone (as expected from theory and modelling, as NOx emissions decline in a high-NOx emission region77), which enhances atmospheric oxidizing...
With lockdown, all industry and transport sectors were closed, energy demand reduced greatly but the time shift of energy demand had a critical impact on grid and energy generation. Decreased energy demand caused a silver lining with an improved environment. However, drowned economy creating a ...
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
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The COVID-19 pandemic forced many countries to implement full or partial lockdown, causing a substantial reduction in the anthropogenic activities due to being prohibited from outdoor invasion which resulted in less transportation and shutting down of industries [3]. On 11 March 2020, the World ...
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The blame for this loss in value was laid at the feet of lockdown restrictions and a strangulated restaurant trade. "We do think that the Covid-caused closure of the on-trade sector, where many Austrian wines are sold at quite substantial prices, has a big part in this," said Anika Ri...