Abstract
Since December 2019, the world has started to suffer an outbreak of Coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Many people associated with community medicines affirmed that lockdown could help in abating the spread. However, this lockdown has changed our daily life habits. This proposed study will strive to observe this unprecedented changes. Aim: To assess the change in behavior or lifestyle among different segments and to understand different opinions and their association with social and psychological changes. Methodology: This study is based on a primary data that has been collected by circulating an online. Questions regarding the lifestyle pattern and behavioral change during the lockdown, perception and awareness about the pandemic has been asked. Tableau and MS-Excel has been used to analyze and present the results in an effective way. Results and Conclusions: Lockdown has its great effects on Internet Usage, workout routine, sleeping pattern, food intake and other lifestyle patterns. The level of awareness is different due to different exposures. Most people were supporting lockdown to stave off COVID-19 even at the cost of their daily bread. The social media can be seen as an integral part of this radical change. People are desperately striving to cope with the ‘new normal’.
Highlights
The entire world is absolutely grappled with the pandemic of COVID-19 and an unprecedented bewilderment have engulfed our globe
The virologists, the epidemiologists and the doctors associated with community medicines affirmed that lockdown could be one of the most effective tools to stave off the pandemic to some extent as, Social distancing can abate the infection undoubtedly
Present study majorly focusses on the awareness, perception about the COVID-19 outbreak, and to ascertain the immediate impact of the lockdown on change in individual’s lifestyle habits and behavior during the lockdown amid COVID-19 pandemic in India
Summary
The entire world is absolutely grappled with the pandemic of COVID-19 and an unprecedented bewilderment have engulfed our globe. A paper which talks about the impact of lockdown, contact and non-contact transmissions on infection dynamics which is primarily based on the epidemiology of the disease and shows that the two different routes of transmission one is the traditional person-to-person contact route and the other one is formites-mediated and airborne route. The latter one is supposed to affect the spread if remain uncertain. Few studies have tried to ascertain the immediate impact of the lockdown amid COVID-19 pandemic on individual’s mental health, lifestyle habits and their behavior. Present study majorly focusses on the awareness, perception about the COVID-19 outbreak, and to ascertain the immediate impact of the lockdown on change in individual’s lifestyle habits and behavior during the lockdown amid COVID-19 pandemic in India
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