Resurgence of Second Wave of Pandemic Covid-19 and Its Impact on Physical and Mental Well-Being of Employees &amp; Coping Mechanism

Meenakshi Kaushik ,Dwaipayan Guha

doi:10.7176/ejbm/13-10-12

Abstract

COVID 19 has had a far-reaching impact on the world since it appeared in November / December 2019. No country has escaped the wrath of this pandemic. Even developed countries in Europe, America, South America and various Asian countries were totally inundated with cases of COVID 19. The global healthcare system has completely collapsed and countries struggled to cope with the huge rush of cases. Initially, most governments did not know how to respond to the emerging situation and most countries reacted by imposing strict lockdown and maintaining social distancing protocols by using masks, gloves, sanitizer, PPE kit and by trying to improve healthcare system. The world had not seen such humanitarian crisis since the Spanish Flu of 1918. This second wave of pandemic covid is really a great concern for the organizations as it’s going to have a far-reaching impact on the mental health and wellbeing of people across the globe. As the cases are increasing at such a fast pace in India and death rates are very high, therefore few state governments had to take the decision to impose lockdown and curfews for saving lives. The business world is continuously learning and adapting towards this change of pandemic Covid -19. The second wave of pandemic COVID -19 causing infection rates and death rates very high resulting and increasing incidence and severity of Mucormucosis.Immuno-suppressive treatments are being widely used for the treatment of pandemic COVID -19 infection. People are living in congregating setting and facing more barriers to healthcare. This paper mainly focuses on Resurgence of Pandemic COVID -19 and its impact on people in society including Employees in organizations. This research paper is also studying the impact of the second wave of COVID -19 on physical and mental well-being of people and most importantly coping strategies to be taken into consideration by employers or managers to get more positivity and enthusiasm from their people. This paper also gives insights about Indian central and state government’s approach and efforts to manage this pandemic crisis especially in India during second wave of pandemic COVID -19. This research paper will also give light on few important issues such as crisis management in India, vaccination process and other related issues. Keywords: Second wave of Pandemic COVID -19, Lockdown, Social distancing, COVID protocols, vaccination, physical health and mental health, healthcare, infrastructure, oxygen plants, front line workers. DOI: 10.7176/EJBM/13-10-12 Publication date: May 31 st 2021

Highlights

The 2019-20 crown infection pandemic is a ceaseless pandemic of corona infection ailment 2019 (COVID-19) realized by a corona infection (SARS, CoV-2)
Industries and people at different hierarchies are facing various kinds of challenges on people,place,information, resources,infrastructure and machineries and equipment’s front .Physical access including commuting has been limited .Engaging with customers and stakeholders have become very challenging this time as everything is happening on phone and via internet .There is an urgent need to change schedules to support demands,revise employee policies related to work,remote working access,reimbursements, tackling salary delays issues,morale and collaborations, safety standards, Increased communication to employees,shop-floor workers and field workers, proper and continuous communications with shareholders and stakeholders,timely work completion and productivity considerations and information sharing and posting issues to be tackled properly to boost the morale of their employees
There is an urgency to see the various COVID protocols to be followed by people in urban and rural area as well

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The 2019-20 crown infection pandemic is a ceaseless pandemic of corona infection ailment 2019 (COVID-19) realized by a corona infection (SARS, CoV-2). Because of initial mishandling by multi-lateral bodies like WHO, people were allowed to travel globally which led to spreading of the COVID-19 across the world, causing pandemic of epic proportion. The infection counts and death count in India was far lower than many developed countries like United States, Europe etc Many of these Western countries had seen second and even third wave of the pandemic in 2020, while India was spared of any further rise in cases in 2020. In February 2021, India was hit by the second wave of the pandemic, with severe ferocity This led to complete collapse of the healthcare system with rising death count all around. A proper understanding of employees issue assists organizations to take some steps on a priority basis in understanding and analysing various issues on a serious note proactively and taking corrective measures and decisions to tackle present issues and future related events on time at hand

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