Abstract
The Novel Coronavirus-2019 (COVID-19) has affected many countries from the beginning of 2020 as it began to spread across the globe. The response of most affected nations was to declare national lockdowns in varying severities. South Africa declared one of, if not the most, severe lockdown of all countries which was termed in the media as “hard lockdown”. This paper discusses the COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa and the effects of the national lockdown on children, more specifically children from migrated parents that have settled in South Africa. The research adopted a qualitative approach, coupled with a review of published literature from March-September 14, 2020, to develop an understanding of the effects of the national lockdown on children, from migrated families in Durban. Furthermore, qualitative data was collected through telephonic interviews with10 participants (parents). This paper established that although lockdowns have shown some evidence that they have flattened the curve of the rate of infected persons, it has not gone without any unintended consequences. One of them being its impact on the children of migrated parents. It postulates that lockdown measures may unintentionally cause harm to children both socio-economically, psychologically and in some cases abuse. The researcher recommended that radio and television broadcasting options for primary and secondary school programs.
Highlights
In December 2019, a new infectious respiratory disease emerged in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China, and was named by the World Health Organization as COVID-19 which is a Novel Coronavirus (WHO, 2020)
This paper established that lockdowns have shown some evidence that they have flattened the curve of the rate of infected persons, it has not gone without any unintended consequences
The objective of this research paper was to determine the side effects of the lockdown legislation on children in Durban, South Africa, specific attention given to migrants’ children, whom their parents settled in Durban for various opportunities
Summary
In December 2019, a new infectious respiratory disease emerged in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China, and was named by the World Health Organization as COVID-19 which is a Novel Coronavirus (WHO, 2020). Novel Coronavirus has affected the health sector, and the world is affected economically, socially, psychologically, emotionally and infection with the virus itself. The other problem is that children rely on online platforms for distance learning has increased their risk of exposure to inappropriate content and online predators. This is a global crisis and for some children, the impact of lockdown will be lifelong and the overall risks for child safety because of the pandemic on children will be the worst. One of the most important measures we can take is to keep manner of these impacts on children and restructure healthcare and social services to better benefit at-risk youth (Health Infectious Disease, 2020)
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