MEASURES TAKEN BY THE HOTELIERS TO OVERCOME THE COVID-19 IMPACT

The COVID-19 Pandemic and Eating Disorders: A Wake-Up Call for the Future of Eating Disorders Among Adolescents and Young Adults

Citation:Li Y, Qin Q, Sun Q, Sanford LD, Vgontzas AN, Tang X. Insomnia and psychological reactions during the COVID-19 outbreak in China. J Clin Sleep Med. 2020;16(8):1417–1418.

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on cancer incidence and mortality

Suicide is a leading cause of death in the United States. Worldwide, over 700,000 people die by suicide each year. Healthcare workers are more vulnerable to suicide risk factors than the general population. The global COVID-19 pandemic presents additional workplace and health concerns that relate to suicide risk factors in healthcare workers. It is important to recognise suicide risk factors in healthcare workers and to implement strategies to reduce these risk factors. This study describes the impact of the global COVID-19 pandemic on risk factors for suicide in healthcare workers and identifies evidence-based strategies and resources to reduce suicide risk factors in healthcare workers. The authors conducted a thematic analysis and narrative review of the literature. Using health science databases, the authors searched the literature, selected and analyzed studies, identified themes, synthesised findings and created a narrative review. The STROBE checklist was used in this study. Two themes were identified (1) The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on work-related suicide risk factors in healthcare workers; (2) The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health-related suicide risk factors in healthcare workers. The pandemic has affected suicide risk factors in healthcare workers. Many studies discussed evidence-based strategies and resources that can be used to reduce suicide risk factors. The global COVID-19 pandemic has negatively impacted suicide risk factors in healthcare workers. It is time for individuals and healthcare delivery systems to implement suicide risk prevention strategies to protect healthcare workers now and in the future. This review increases awareness of the pandemic's impact on healthcare workers' risk factors for suicide and identifies evidence-based suicide risk prevention strategies and resources for healthcare workers. Library services supported this research by generating search strategies and providing resources and tools.

Purpose: The study sought to analyze the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the recovery and resilience of the hospitality and tourism industry.
 Methodology: The study adopted a desktop methodology. Desk research refers to secondary data or that which can be collected without fieldwork. Desk research is basically involved in collecting data from existing resources hence it is often considered a low cost technique as compared to field research, as the main cost is involved in executive’s time, telephone charges and directories. Thus, the study relied on already published studies, reports and statistics. This secondary data was easily accessed through the online journals and library.
 Findings: The COVID-19 pandemic devastated Southeast Asia's hospitality and tourism sector, leading to a sharp decline in tourism, economic hardship, and widespread job losses. Businesses adapted by focusing on domestic travel, implementing health protocols, and embracing digitalization. Resilience and innovation were evident, with businesses diversifying offerings and governments providing financial support. Recovery hinges on rebuilding consumer confidence, stimulating demand, and fostering long-term resilience.
 Unique Contribution to Theory, Practice and Policy: Resource-Based View (RBV), Institutional theory & Dynamic capabilities theory may be used to anchor future studies in the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the recovery and resilience of the hospitality and tourism industry. Encourage hospitality and tourism businesses to prioritize resilience-building initiatives as part of their strategic planning processes. Advocate for supportive policy frameworks at the national and international levels that prioritize the recovery and resilience of the hospitality and tourism industry.

Introduction: Transfusion systems worldwide have had to face many challenges against the emergence or the re-emergence of numerous infectious diseases. Some of those viruses have posed significant impacts on blood transfusion activities. Several scientific and transfusion experts consider the current COVID-19 pandemic to present a potential risk of reducing and compromising the supply of blood products. Blood establishments had to activate their emergency plans and to propose appropriate response measures. Method: It is an international review where we used key terms search strategy to identify necessary information about: (i) the impact of some previous emergent viruses on the availability and the safety of blood products and (ii) the impact of the current COVID-19 pandemic on the blood transfusion activities worldwide. Additionally, we presented the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Moroccan transfusion system activities and the measures established by the Moroccan National Centre of Blood Transfusion and Hematology (MNCBTH) to ensure management of this health crisis on the availability and the safety of blood products in Morocco. Results: Viruses like Zika, Influenza A (H1N1), Chikungunya, SARS-CoV, MERS-CoV, and Ebola have been of great concern in terms of virulence, modes of transmission, and impact on blood transfusion activities. The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the availability of blood products in blood establishments worldwide. In Morocco, the COVID-19 pandemic affected blood collections and caused a significant decrease in the number of blood donors nationally. Data provided from all regional blood transfusion centers and blood banks in Morocco show that the total number of blood donations made in 2020 was 297,841 blood donations nationally compared to 334,510 blood donations made in 2019, with a decrease of 36,669 blood donations. The number of LBP produced in 2020 was 455,805 units compared to 695,974 units produced in 2019, which corresponds to a reduction of 57,654 units. The number of Labile Blood Products (LBP) delivered in 2020 is 455,805 units against 451,736 delivered in 2019, with an increase of 4069 units. The pandemic impacted other activities of the blood transfusion system in Morocco like continuing education programs, meeting activities, technical missions, and the Moroccan plasma removal for the fractionation. Conclusion: The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on blood transfusion activities worldwide. The MNCBTH has expressed continued adaptability to ensure proper management of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the availability and safety of blood products in Morocco.

The emerging infection of COVID-19 pandemic was initiated from Wuhan, China got spread to more than 200 countries around the globe including India. The COVID-19 pandemic is not only dangerous for our health but for the health of the nation also. Indian economy is highly affected due to the lockdown. A large segment of the Indian population lost their livelihood due to shutdown of trades, travel and tourism, commercial and other business activities during the lockdown. In India, the various measures adopted to control this deadly virus had a wide- ranging impact on the various business activities in general and Tourism and Hospitality Industry in particular. Tourism Industry is the backbone of the economy of Himachal Pradesh and provides employment to larger section of the society directly or indirectly. During COVID-19 pandemic, the Tourism Industry has experienced negative growth rate and affected a larger section of the society. This paper made an attempt to study various impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the Tourism sector of Himachal Pradesh.

ObjectiveDespite increased participation of women in academic medicine in recent decades, gender disparities persist. The gender gap in authorship and editorial boards in gynecologic oncology, and impact of the COVID-19...

Title of study: A study to assess the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on physical, psychological, economical and social status among general population in selected areas of kachery, Thrissur. Introduction: COVID-19 has caused serious impact on every society globally. The COVID-19 caused physical, psychological, economical and social impact on general population. Objectives: To assess impact of COVID-19 pandemic on physical, psychological, economical and social status among general population in selected areas of Kachery, Thrissur. To associate the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on physical, psychological, economical and social status with selected socio demographic variables. Methodology: The study was conducted among 100 samples from selected areas of Kachery, Thrissur. The research design of the study is descriptive design and sample was collected by convenient sampling method. Tool: The tool consists of 2 sections. Section A: Socio-demographic and clinical data profile. Section B: Self developed checklist to assess the impact of covid-19 on physical, psychological, economical and social status. Results: The findings shows that, in socio-demographic and clinical data profile, 54(54%) are below 50 years of age while 46(46%) are above 50 years of age. Most of the samples 60(60%) are females and 40(40%) are males. Among 100 samples, about 31(31%) have hypertension, 49(49%) have diabetes mellitus and 20(20%) are suffering from other type of diseases. About 68(68%) of the samples belong to APL and 32(32%) belong BPL. Overall 22(22%) sample is having moderate impact on COVID-19 pandemic, 78(78%) sample is having low impact on COVID-19 pandemic and no sample is having high impact on COVID-19 pandemic. 1(1%) of sample have high psychological impact. 3(3%) of sample have moderate physical impact, 25(25%) have moderate psychological impact and 29(29%) sample have moderate economic impact and 30(30%) sample have moderate social impact. 97(97%) of sample is having low physical impact, 74(74%) of sample is having low psychological impact, 71(71%) of sample have low economic impact and 70(70%) sample have low social impact. There is significant association of co-morbid conditions of sample with impact of COVID-19. Discussion: At the end of the study investigator found that there is significant association of comorbid conditions of sample with impact of COVID-19 pandemic at p<0.05. Comorbid condition increases the impact of COVID-19 pandemic. There is no significant association of age, gender, occupation, residential place during the pandemic with impact of COVID-19 pandemic.

The worldwide tourist and hospitality industries appear to be seemingly into a maelstrom of massive issues as a result of the devastation caused by the Coronavirus epidemic. Since a result, Pakistan’s a tourist and hospitality industries are at risk, as people from all over the globe are unable to go to Pakistan, putting the country’s viral control measures and risk of spread in jeopardy. The travel and tourism industry contribute 10.6% to Pakistan’s GDP and have produced 3881.9 jobs, which is 6.2% of total employment. Furthermore, visitor exports contributed 3.7% to Pakistan’s total exports in 2018. However, currently world suffering from Pandemic also known as COVID-19 and a result leisure, travel, and inbound tourism activities experienced globally a greater decline, with losses surpassing 2.86 trillion US dollars, accounting for a 50% plus drop in revenue (Wut et al., Crisis management research (1985–2020) in the hospitality and tourism industry: A review and research agenda. Tour Manage 85:104307, 2021). However, making the necessary adjustments to comply with COVID-19 is hastening the transition to new technological infrastructure and improvement in the operational activities, as well as the implementation of major structural changes.KeywordsCOVID-19 pandemicTourism and hospitalityEconomicEnvironmentalTechnological implications

Worldwide, the COVID-19 epidemic has impacted all economies. The study examines the impact of the pandemic on the tourism and hospitality industry in East African Community member nations. This study is a systematic review of Covid19’s influence on the tourist and hospitality industries. The analysis is based on 54 publications collected from the Web of Science and Scopus databases. The current study was motivated by an extensive review of literature. According to these studies, the spread of COVID-19 disease to workers in the tourism industry has put the sector in jeopardy; travel restrictions and tourism guidance have made tourism and hospitality industry suffer from severe reduction of revenues. All these studies however do not clarify how, the pandemic has impacted tourism and hospitality industry in terms of national park visitors, hotel occupancy, and unemployment in particular. Therefore, the current study assesses the impact of COVID-19’s on tourism and hospitality in the EAC Partner States by using such indicators as the number of international tourists, receipts and tourism jobs generated, visitors to the parks and the rates of hotel occupancy. The study’s findings show that the EAC Partner States lost USD 4.8 billion in foreign tourist earnings and two million jobs in the tourism sector due to COVID-19. The numbers of visitors to the National parks decreased by 65 percent, hotels in the region had an average occupancy rate of less than 30 per cent, which had a substantial impact on their operations. The study recommends to actors in tourism destinations, to have pandemic preparedness and risk management plans.

Background: The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on workload, mental health, and well-being of healthcare workers, and particularly those on the front-line, has received considerable attention.Design and methods: We surveyed hospital employees about their working environment during the pandemic and identified departments which were negatively affected in comparison to the pre-pandemic situation, as well as factors contributing to this.Setting and participants We surveyed all hospital employees at Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Sweden in September 2020 and compared results across departments and to the results of a large employee survey from October 2019.Results: The overall impact of the pandemic on perceived working conditions and possibility for recovery differed among departments. During the pandemic, healthcare workers working with COVID-19 patients reported poorer working environments than other employees. Factors significantly related to perception of work environment and recovery during the pandemic included worries of being infected, departmental transfer, and having insufficient access to personal protective equipment. Men reported better working conditions than women in all, but one item and higher age was related to better perceived working environment.Conclusions: Our results indicate that the pandemic differentially affects hospital departments and underscores the multifactorial nature of this topic. Contributing factors to poor perceived working environment could be addressed at times of high workload, such as during the pandemic, including providing appropriate support to managers, ensuring possibility for recovery during working hours, and acknowledging worries about infection. Young healthcare workers and staff who are relocated due to the pandemic warrant special attention.Significance for public healthThe pandemic has raised the awareness of the importance of health care workers for the society and their health and well-being. The results of this study emphasize the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the work environment and possibility for recovery among health care workers in a hospital context. Many work-related issues could be better attended to, even in the time of crisis, and the results of this study could be used to improve the well-being among health care workers. The results also show that young health care workers need special attention regarding support and possibility for recovery.

The main purpose of this article is to find out the impact of COVID-19 on tourism and hospitality industry of Bangladesh and to provide some recovery strategies for this industry’s restoration. The tourism and hospitality industry is badly impacted by the COVID-19 outbreak. Bangladesh has also faced a detrimental effect. Because of the pandemic, policymakers and travel and tourism professionals might anticipate large losses (in terms of GDP generated by tourism). Existing literature and secondary data sources such as journals, newspaper articles, different webpages, webinars and organizational and government publications were used to conduct this research. This industry is having a rough time at the start of the lockdown from March 2020 to till now. Because of the strict lockdown, no one is allowed to move unless it is for an emergency. People were temporarily barred from entering or leaving a confined region, making travel difficult and prohibitive. When the country's residents were released from the lockdown in the second half of 2020, the sector had an opportunity to slowly rebuild through domestic tourism. Bangladesh is a country that has been heavily reliant on domestic tourism from its inception. The same thing happened this time, with domestic tourists serving as the industry's savior. Recently, Bangladesh has discovered its first case of a highly virulent coronavirus variant initially identified in India in May 2021 and the industry came to a halt again. In this industry some 4.0 million people are involved and they are struggling to survive now. The government of Bangladesh has offered an incentive package for early economic recovery, but this will not be enough to help this delicate industry recover quickly. The article determines the present state of the COVID-19 pandemic in the tourism and hospitality industry and provides some recovery strategies to revive this industry. This article will be helpful for further study and decision making for policy makers, practitioners, academicians and other tourism stakeholders.

This study aimed to evaluate the impact of the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic on outpatient antibiotic prescriptions for pediatric respiratory infections at an acute care hospital in Japan in order to direct future pediatric outpatient antibiotic stewardship. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the FilmArray Respiratory Panel (RP) on outpatient antibiotic prescriptions was assessed from January 2019 to December 2021 using an interrupted time series analysis of children <20 years. The overall antimicrobial prescription rate decreased from 38.7% to 22.4% from the pre-pandemic period to the pandemic. The pandemic (relative risk [RR] level, 0.97 [0.58-1.61]; P = 0.90; RR slope, 1.05 [0.95-1.17] per month; P = 0.310) and FilmArray RP (RR level, 0.90 [0.46-1.75]; P = 0.75; RR slope, 0.95 [0.85-1.06] per month; P = 0.330) had no significant effect on the monthly antibiotic prescription rates. The COVID-19 pandemic was not significantly related to the antibiotic prescription rate, suggesting that it did not impact physicians' behavior toward antibiotic prescriptions. Replacing rapid antigen tests with the FilmArray RP introduced on December 1, 2020, did not affect the magnitude of the reduction in antibiotic prescription rate for pediatric respiratory infections.

The outbreak of COVID-19 has influenced every sphere and all aspects of life. COVID patients were kept in isolation to curb the spread of the infection; such situations led to mental health issues in patients as well as in their families. The aim and objectives of the current study were to find the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on grief, death mourning and coping in Kashmir. For the deeper understanding of the impact of COVID-19 pandemic, both quantitative and qualitative approaches were used. A sample of 89 individuals whose loved ones died (COVID or non-COVID deaths) during pandemic were enrolled with purposive sampling technique. The sociodemographic details of both participants as well as the deceased persons were recorded, followed by semi-structured interview, Brief Cope Scale (BCS) and Pandemic Grief Scale (PGS). Majority of the participants who lost a relative due to COVID-19 who were males in the age-group of 60 years and above. Grief was found more in males and in relatives whose loved ones died of COVID-19. Coping strategies adopted by the family members whose relative died of COVID more often adopted avoidant coping strategies as compared to non-COVID deaths. Mostly, deaths occurred when the family members were not around. It was highly challenging for the participants to mourn the loss as most of the mournings were in isolation, and there was hardly any support. Most of the participants could not perform last rites which complicated the grief among them. Current study emphasizes the importance of social support for those who are grieving and need of face-to-face interactions which can never be replaced by speaking over phone or through virtual spaces. However in extraordinary circumstances of COVID-19 scenario, sharing grief, expressing care and love through any mode can be an effective way to help the bereaved individuals to understand that they are not forgotten.