Distancing Research Articles

Monitoring COVID-19 pandemic through the lens of social media using natural language processing and machine learning.

PurposeIt has been over a year since the first known case of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) emerged, yet the pandemic is far from over. To date, the coronavirus pandemic has infected over eighty million people and has killed more than 1.78 million worldwide. This study aims to explore “how useful is Reddit social media platform to surveil COVID-19 pandemic?” and “how do people’s concerns/behaviors change over the course of COVID-19 pandemic in North Carolina?”. The purpose of this study was to compare people’s thoughts, behavior changes, discussion topics, and the number of confirmed cases and deaths by applying natural language processing (NLP) to COVID-19 related data.MethodsIn this study, we collected COVID-19 related data from 18 subreddits of North Carolina from March to August 2020. Next, we applied methods from natural language processing and machine learning to analyze collected Reddit posts using feature engineering, topic modeling, custom named-entity recognition (NER), and BERT-based (Bidirectional Encoder Representations from Transformers) sentence clustering. Using these methods, we were able to glean people’s responses and their concerns about COVID-19 pandemic in North Carolina.ResultsWe observed a positive change in attitudes towards masks for residents in North Carolina. The high-frequency words in all subreddit corpora for each of the COVID-19 mitigation strategy categories are: Distancing (DIST)—“social distance/distancing”, “lockdown”, and “work from home”; Disinfection (DIT)—“(hand) sanitizer/soap”, “hygiene”, and "wipe"; Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)—“mask/facemask(s)/face shield”, “n95(s)/kn95”, and “cloth/gown”; Symptoms (SYM)—“death”, “flu/influenza”, and “cough/coughed”; Testing (TEST)—“cases”, “(antibody) test”, and “test results (positive/negative)”.ConclusionThe findings in our study show that the use of Reddit data to monitor COVID-19 pandemic in North Carolina (NC) was effective. The study shows the utility of NLP methods (e.g. cosine similarity, Latent Dirichlet Allocation (LDA) topic modeling, custom NER and BERT-based sentence clustering) in discovering the change of the public's concerns/behaviors over the course of COVID-19 pandemic in NC using Reddit data. Moreover, the results show that social media data can be utilized to surveil the epidemic situation in a specific community.

Responses to Fatwas of Islamic Religious Leaders and Institutions during the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) in the Philippines: Looking at How Guidance Was Provided to Muslim Communities in the Philippines.

The Philippine constitution guarantees the free exercise of religion and religious worship. The law forbids public officials from interrupting religious activities. However, with the sharp rise of Coronavirus (COVID-2019) infection all over the world, the Inter-Agency Task Force (AITF) on Emerging Infections Disease created resolutions to assess, monitor, contain and prevent the spread of the pandemic. Religious leaders and Islamic institutions are no exceptions and they must abide to these resolutions including mass gatherings, safety procedures on burials, and strict observance of social distancing.
 Muslims strictly perform five times a day prayer, Friday Jamaah prayer, and bury the dead in accordance to Islamic practices mentioned in the Quran. Therefore, the study focus on how Islamic leaders and institutions responded to AITF resolutions to prevent the spread of the pandemic.
 The data were collected from mixed sources: from official announcements, social media accounts, and by phone interviews. Meaningful central themes were derived from the data.
 Findings noted responses of Muslim communities focused on (1) suspension of collective religious activities and programs until the pandemic is over; (2) abide by government directives on how to be safe from the threat of COVID-19; (3) institutionalization of positive sanitation practices of their facilities personnel and families; (4) cancellation of classes and their religious learning institutions; and (5) public interest and dharurah (possibility of harm or injury).
 In conclusion, the concept of collective duty (farḍ kifāya) as a basic of principle of Islam was practiced by Islamic religious leaders and institutions. Hence, maintaining social

Data visualization in the time of coronavirus

Currently, we observe a proliferation of data visualizations about Covid-19 in the media, which makes it a convenient time to study the topic from the perspective of different disciplines, including information design and mathematics. If, on the one hand, the abundance of such pandemic representations would already be a legitimate reason to address the issue, on the other hand, it is not the central motivation of the present discussion. The uniqueness of the epidemiological phenomenon that we are experiencing highlights new aspects regarding the production and use of data visualizations, one of which is its diversification beyond counting and visual representation of events related to the virus spread. In this sense, the article discusses, through the analysis of examples, three different approaches for this type of schematic representation, namely: visualization of hypothetical data, visualizations based on secondary data, and visualization for social criticism and self-reflection. Ultimately, we can argue that design contributes to the production of data visualizations that can help people to understand the causes and implications involved in the new coronavirus and encourage civic responsibility through self-care and the practice of social distancing.

Knowledge and Attitude of Indigenous People towards COVID-19 Pandemic in Ebonyi State, Southeastern, Nigeria

Objective: The COVID-19 pandemic came like a storm that shook the whole world. The response of many government was lockdown and restriction in movement. But in most rural communities information on the actual reasons for the lockdown were scanty. Many were rather curios as their markets, schools, transportation and social lives were disrupted by the government without adquate enlightment. This study was done to asses the level of knowledge and attitude of the indigenous rural dwellers in Ebonyi State towards the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: Descriptive statistics was adopted to asses the knowledge and attitude of the rural dwellers towards COVID-19. One community each from the three senatorial zone were selected. Out of 150 respondents, 86% are men and 64% are women. Structured questionaire were administered directly to responders after due explanation. The questionnaire was completed and given back to the researcher. Result - Three communities were covered for the 150 respondents, 58% of the respondents are in the age group of 20-35 years, 30% are in the age group of 36-55 years, only 12 % is from the age group of above 56- and above years. Awareness- Only 40.3% of the respondents are aware of the Corona Virus disease. 36% of the respondents are heard from radio, 37% of them heard from friends, 35.5% heard from government agency, 48% heard from community health workers, 49% heard from social media. Only 20% knew the causative agent of COVID-19, while 13.3% knew about the signs and symptoms, 10% of responders knew about the methods of transmission. 16.7% are aware of the possible prevention methods. 38.7% considered it a new disease, while 30% considered it a health challenge. Knowledge of the preventive measures such as: Handwashing regularly with soap and water, use of hand sanitizers and face mask and social distancing protocol were also negative. Conclussion: There were paucity of knowledge and negative attitude of indigenous rural dwellers towards COVID-19 pandemic among the indigenous rural dwellers in Ebonyi State.

COVID-19 Epidemic, Early Prevention and Control Actions around the World and Effect Evaluation: An Empirical Study Based on the Perspective of External Prevention and Internal Control

At the beginning of 2020, the COVID-19 epidemic outbroke. While decisively taking measures such as cutting off the channels of transmission and joint prevention and control mechanism, the Chinese government achieved important achievements in the national battle against the epidemic. Meanwhile, the COVID-19 epidemic continues to spread in other countries such as Europe and the United States, which exposes the loopholes in epidemic prevention and control in some countries. Especially, what kind of external prevention measures did those governments take in the early stages of the epidemic? Were these external prevention measures effective? Were the internal control measures taken by some governments appropriate? Moreover, was strict external prevention and lax internal control the reason for the worsening of the epidemic situation in many countries? These questions need to be answered urgently.This paper summarizes external prevention and internal control measures taken by countries in the early stages of the epidemic. Furthermore, we evaluate the effect of external prevention, and compare internal control measures around the world. Empirical results show that from the perspective of external prevention, many countries immediately implemented a variety of entry restriction policies to respond to the COVID-19 epidemic. From the perspective of internal control, we construct an indicator reflecting the strictness of internal control based on the Google search index, which shows that the internal control measures in the early stage of the epidemic were quite different worldwide. Compared with countries taking lax external prevention measures, internal control measures were relatively lax for countries taking strict external prevention measures. Specifically, for countries taking strict external prevention measures, the government and people not only paid little attention to the COVID-19 epidemic, but also took insufficient measures and efforts to keep social distancing. These empirical evidences reveal that at the beginning of the epidemic, the government and people did not pay enough attention to the epidemic, and hoped to keep the virus out of the country through the entry restriction policy, but the internal control is weak. Precious time won by China’s active fight against the epidemic has not been utilized by those countries, which led to the worsening of the epidemic situation.This paper is helpful to understand the cause of the spread of the COVID-19 epidemic worldwide, and it has clear policy implications to further optimize epidemic prevention and control. First, it is necessary to establish a coordination and communication mechanism based on cooperation and strengthen domestic epidemic control. Second, identifying the virus’s origin is a serious scientific issue. It is up to scientists to research and draw evidence-based conclusions, and we should adhere to scientific principles and avoid politicizing it.

Foodstragramming of Solo Dining Experiencescape: The Fear of Missing Out

This study explored the foodstragramming or consumption photo-sharing and the solo dining experiencescape. Solo dining experiencescape is framed by culinary tourists and food neophobia of Instagram users. The narrative approach was employed to explore an Instagram post on Brooklyn ramen shop by BuzzFeed’s Tasty in relation to food-related personality traits and perceived territoriality. The collaborative branding of culinary tourism experiencescape denotes the use of Instagram. Introverted Instagram users were found to be co-creators, but food-related personality traits did not exclusively construct their visit plan. As the perceived territoriality and social distancing were found to augment foodstragramming of solo dining in this study, the visit plan of solo dining in culinary tourism was not solely perceived by introverted people. The use of the narrative approach in this study provided unique and valuable insights to these theoretical perspectives that may be overlooked by other analyses or approaches.

School-Based Occupational Therapy during COVID-19 Pandemic

School-based occupational therapy (OT) is very important because it helps the student to be more successful and engage or participate in roles, habits, routines and occupations at school, and those related to the COVID-19 pandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic brought huge changes to the daily lives of people worldwide and affected their participation in almost all their daily activities or occupations. Occupation includes all purposeful human activity through which people can influence their health and well-being and adapt to change. Measures related to COVID-19 and lockdown (when there is one) require changes in the daily school and home routine of students who need new training (especially those in special schools) to protect their health and adapt to changes. School occupational therapists (OTs) work with teachers and the school team and have an important role among the interdisciplinary team in occupational engagement, in order to avoid the negative consequences of illness and disability and promote the positive impact of participating in occupations on a student’s health and well-being. They focus on a wide range of areas of occupational performance such as education, social participation, play, leisure, work and activities of daily living. The purpose of this short report is to highlight the usefulness of school-based OT in supporting students in everyday life, including new COVID-19 conditions. Some directions are also discussed, so as for OTs, teachers and school team to be able to help students meet the challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic in OT school-based services including self-care, hygiene, masks and facial coverings, daily school and home routine, social distancing, e-learning/technology management and telehealth in collaboration with parents, and other professionals in school.

Covid-19 Learning Concerning Financial Planning Importance and Household Accounting

This study aims to identify the financial planning activities of individual households in dealing with Covid-19. Two regression models were used for the hypothesis test. Data were collected using a questionnaire with multi-staged methods, namely direct distribution and telephone. There are 59 individual household respondents in Malang Raya (Malang Regency, Malang City, and Batu City) - East Java, but 54 are complete and processed. The results showed that a significant relationship of individual behavior in household financial planning importance was strongly influenced by saving activities, focus on expenditures, emergency funds preparation, and attention to credit, so basic assumptions for expanding household financial planning based on individual household perceptions of responding to Covid-19 proved to be empirically consistent. Furthermore, household financial planning is the main factor in applying household accounting. This evidence has common goals for implementing a new mindset to responsibilities control of household financial transactions. A situation that is internal to the Covid-19 epidemic which requires social distancing of changes in the needs of a physical nature (economic shock)

Procesamiento a imágenes de video para verificación de distanciamiento social durante la pandemia de la COVID-19

El aumento exponencial del número de contagios por COVID-19 alrededor del mundo ha originado que los gobiernos, en acompañamiento de comunidades médicas y científicas, recomienden el distanciamiento social de al menos dos metros entre personas, para evitar el crecimiento en el número de contagios. Con el propósito de determinar el cumplimiento de la medida de distanciamiento social, se realiza una prueba piloto mediante el procesamiento a imágenes de video para la detección de personas en espacios abiertos de la zona céntrica de la ciudad de Cúcuta, Colombia. El método propuesto consiste en el análisis de información de videos de personas con fondo estático, tomados desde una altura de 4.5 metros, además de ubicación de centroides por el método de momentos y estimación de distancia por el método euclidiano, esto, mediante lenguaje de programación Python. Como resultado se obtiene un acierto en la detección de personas del 92.43 % y que el 84.21 % de quienes circularon por el cuadro de video y transitan en la zona céntrica de la ciudad de Cúcuta, Colombia, incumplen con el distanciamiento social de dos metros recomendado por la comunidad científica y expuesta en la circular municipal 023 de 2020.

Social Distancing's Effects on COVID-19: Roles of Timing and Adherence

The effectiveness of social distancing measures on lowering COVID-19 case counts remains unknown. Investigators used cell phone mobility data to model

Knowledge and behavior towards COVID-19 among primary and middle school students in Guangdong Province

Objective To understand the knowledge and behavior towards COVID-19 among primary and middle school students in Guangdong province, so as to provide basis for health education on epidemic prevention and control. Methods An online questionnaire survey was conducted among 1 222 403 primary and middle school students in Guangdong Province from March 8 to 31, 2020. Results In Guangdong Province, 96.28%, 80.01% and 38.58% of primary and middle school students knew the transmission route of the novel coronavirus was droplet transmission, contact transmission and aerosol transmission respectively, and 78.22% of the students knew the two main transmission routes. Among COVID-19 prevention and control measures, the top three well-known measures were mask wearing (99.69%), frequent hand washing (99.06%) and social distancing (96.21%). During the pandemic, 88.48% of students wore masks every time they went out, 32.15% reported that they needed parental supervision, and 53.97% reported they would continue wearing masks after the pandemic. 87.21% of students washed their hands every time after going out, 18.78% reported that they needed parental supervision, and 94.92% reported that they would continue washing their hands frequently after the pandemic. Conclusion Primary and middle school students in Guangdong Province had high rates of awareness on transmission route and prevention and control measures of COVID-19. During the pandemic, the rates of wearing masks or washing hands every time after going out was high, and the rates of behavior intention of washing hands after the pandemic was high. 【摘要】 目的 了解广东省中小学生新型冠状病毒肺炎（以下简称“新冠肺炎”）认知及行为情况，为开展有针对性的疫 情防控健康教育提供依据。 方法 2020年3月8—31日通过问卷星网络平台对1 222 403名广东省中小学生开展问卷调 査。 结果 广东省中小学生对新冠肺炎通过呼吸道飞沫传播、接触传播、气溶胶传播的知晓率分别为96.28%，80.01%和 38.58%，同时选择呼吸道飞沫传播和接触传播2种途径的比例为78.22%。新冠肺炎的防控措施中知晓率排在前3位的为 戴口罩(99.69%)、勤洗手(99.06%)和不聚集(96.21%)。广东省中小学生在疫情期间外出每次戴口罩的比例为88.48%， 32.15%的学生报告戴口罩需要家长监督，53.97%的学生报告在疫情过后会坚持戴口罩。外出回来每次洗手的比例为 87.21%，18.78%的学生报告洗手需要家长监督，94.92%的学生报告疫情过后会坚持勤洗手。 结论 广东省中小学生对新 冠病毒的传播途径和防控措施有较髙的知晓率，疫情期间外出每次戴口罩和回来洗手的比例较髙，疫情过后坚持洗手的行 为意向比例较髙。

Sex Work during the COVID-19 Pandemic Period in the Ibero-American Context: analysis of advertisements on websites

Sex workers become increasingly economically vulnerable due to the restrictive measures implemented to combat the coronavirus pandemic. In this respect, the scope of this study is to analyze the content of prostitution websites and advertisements regarding measures related to the COVID-19 pandemic. It involved a description of the visits and analysis of content of communications on websites that advertise commercial sex transactions. The percentage change in the number of visits for three periods from 02/2019 to 04/2020 was calculated. Subsequently, ads with the terms "corona," "pandemic" and "quarantine" on websites that offer search engines were extracted. The Bardin method was then used for content analysis. There was an increase in the number of visits to prostitution websites between 2019 and 2020, followed by a decrease with the advent of the coronavirus pandemic crisis. With regard to the protection measures during the pandemic, health recommendations and the incentive to engage in virtual sex are highlighted. Of the 1,991,014 advertisements, 0.51% mention the COVID-19 crisis regarding noncompliance with social distancing, protection measures and the offer of online sex.

Saúde Mental em tempos da Pandemia da COVID-19: Concepções dos trabalhadores da Atenção Primaria a Saúde

Objetivo: compreender as percepções de trabalhadores da equipe Saúde da família sobre as implicações da pandemia da COVID-19 nas demandas de saúde mental no contexto da Atenção Primária, com vistas a contribuir com estudos ainda escassos sobre a temática. Metodologia: trata-se de uma pesquisa qualitativa de caráter exploratório-descritivo, realizada em um município da região metropolitana do Recife. Participaram da pesquisa profissionais da equipe Saúde da família, sendo os dados coletados por meio de entrevistas com questionários semiestruturados no período de agosto a setembro de 2020 e analisados à guisa da Análise do Discurso. Resultados e discussão: apresentam categorias advindas dos discursos de nove trabalhadoras, duas de nível superior e sete de nível médio. Emergiu-se a partir dos discursos, um conjunto de implicações da pandemia do novo Coronavírus nas demandas de saúde mental do território de atuação da Atenção Primária, decorrentes das estratégias de distanciamento e isolamento social, as quais atingiram usuários e profissionais, aumentando a incidência dos casos de sofrimento psíquico e comprometendo a qualidade da oferta de ações de cuidado nesse espaço. Conclusão: este estudo permitiu a visualização da pandemia como um fenômeno social e suas repercussões na saúde mental dos profissionais de saúde, colocando a necessidade pensar estratégias e planejamentos que ultrapassem os efeitos biológicos causados pelo vírus e se estendam a integralidade dos sujeitos e o cuidado no território.

Entendimento da COVID-19 sobre aspectos relacionados ao distanciamento social

No atual cenário do século XXI, a humanidade enfrenta uma nova ameaça. um vírus titulado por Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), agente etiológico da COVID-19. Em tempos de pandemia, a utilização de websurveys configura-se como uma ótima estratégia para a coleta de dados primários. Esse trabalho teve como objetivo analisar a percepção de acadêmicos a respeito da pandemia da COVID-19. Este estudo foi desenvolvido no município de Arapiraca e teve como público-alvo alunos de graduação do Campus I, da Universidade Estadual de Alagoas. A pesquisa foi desenvolvida em 3 etapas, a primeira foi a construção de um formulário usando a plataforma Formulários Google Docs, a segunda consistiu na distribuição do questionário através de aplicativos de redes sociais (WhatsApp, Instagram) e ficou disponível para ser respondido por cinquenta e três dias. Na etapa três, os dados foram organizados em planilhas do programa Microsoft Excel. A pesquisa teve um total de sessenta e duas pessoas que responderam ao questionário. O público atingido pela pesquisa foi representando por cidadãos da zuna rural, com uma porcentagem de 28,6%, e urbana, com 71,4%, sendo todos Alagoanos. A maioria (90,3%) acreditava que o isolamento social compõe uma medida preventiva eficaz, na ausência da vacina. Esta pesquisa transversal procurou investigar informações importantes que poderiam auxiliar os pesquisadores e profissionais da saúde a desenvolverem medidas de conscientização baseadas no público alvo. Trabalhos como este, utilizando uma metodologia de coleta de dados alternativa é importante para mostrar que mesmo em distanciamento social é possível fazer ciência.

Ações governamentais contra o novo coronavírus: evidências dos estados brasileiros

Resumo Desde a declaração do estado pandêmico global em decorrência do novo coronavírus (Sars-CoV-2) pela Organização Mundial de Saúde (OMS), em 11 de março de 2020, diversas têm sido as medidas tomadas por governos ao redor do mundo em relação ao distanciamento social. No caso brasileiro, os governos estaduais anteciparam-se com a decretação de medidas de fechamento de escolas, suspensão de eventos públicos e restrição do comércio. O objetivo deste paper é analisar as diferenças entre os governos estaduais do Brasil relativamente à implementação de intervenções não farmacêuticas (NPIs) para o enfrentamento ao coronavírus, com base no cálculo de um índice de ação governamental. Tendo em vista a consecução deste objetivo geral, foram analisados 367 decretos de 25 executivos estaduais brasileiros nos dois primeiros meses da pandemia no país (final de fevereiro e final de abril). Os resultados preliminares desta análise sugerem diferentes níveis de rigor das medidas para o enfrentamento à COVID-19 por parte dos governos estaduais brasileiros, destacando-se a adoção proativa de políticas mais rigorosas de distanciamento social por alguns estados, antes mesmo da confirmação do primeiro caso da doença em seus domínios.

Emerging Pharmacotherapy for COVID-19 Treatment: An Integrative Review

Background: COVID-19 has become the global pandemic incapacitating the health systems and demanding investigation of possible pharmacotherapeutic options against SARS CoV-2. Although social distancing, hand sanitizing and supportive care remain as the preventive and management measures of COVID-19, clinical efficacy of various therapeutic agents is being tried out simultaneously to reduce the mortality associated with the disease. Objective: To ascertain the potential drugs/treatment for COVID 19 from the published literature across the world from its origin until June 2020. Methods: A literature search was done in CINAHL, Pub Med, Google Scholar, Science Direct, Springer, Wiley, EEEE, and Medline computerized repositories for complete texts from December 2019 until June 2020. The search terms used were COVID-19, treatment, antimalarial, antibiotics, antiretroviral, antiviral, plasma, immunoglobulin, heparin and immunosuppressant. The inclusion criteria adopted in the study were original research articles with current treatment process and potential drugs used in COVID 19 patients, primary data, published in English and full article available for free download. Results: There is no absolute single pharmacotherapeutic measure identified till date to cure this disease. The studies reviewed reported that the clinical improvement of the disease could be due to the result of other supportive measures and the results are inconclusive as the disease is impacted by various coexisting medical conditions. More clinical trials at large scales are needed to tackle this crisis at the earliest. Conclusion: Inventing a new vaccine or drug against coronavirus may take years to fully develop. However, clinicians are trying to treat this disease with already prescribed drugs for other diseases like H1N1, malaria, HIV, and SARS. It is important to note that there may be emergence of new clinical characteristics, treatment trials and outcome of COVID-19 as the disease evolves.

Objeto virtual de aprendizaje para el diseño de prototipos de robótica: estrategia didáctica ante el COVID-19

Dado el nuevo escenario al que se han tenido que enfrentar los protagonistas de la educación por cuenta de la pandemia ocasionada por el COVID-19 ha sido necesario transformar las estrategias pedagógicas y didácticas para mitigar su impacto y dar paso al abordaje de temáticas o contenidos desde la distancia por medio de un ecosistema tecnológico (Ministerio de Educación Nacional, 2020). En tal sentido, el presente estudio analiza la experiencia de implementar y evaluar un Objeto Virtual de Aprendizaje (OVA) cuyo contenido conlleva a la realización de un producto final en el campo de la robótica escolar. La investigación se realizó bajo un enfoque cuantitativo con diseño cuasi experimental, y para el proceso de recolección de datos se utilizaron dos cuestionarios. El OVA se desarrolló bajo el método de análisis, diseño, desarrollo, implementación y evaluación (ADDIE) tomado de Maribe (2009) y al amparo del modelo pedagógico de Gagné (1968). Los resultados obtenidos de la aplicación de un pretest, un postest y una encuesta de satisfacción evidencian que la implementación del OVA en medio del distanciamiento social y cuarentena permitió afianzar los conocimientos fundamentales de las áreas de la educación media y la construcción del prototipo solicitado. De igual forma, generó interés, creatividad y el uso adecuado de las herramientas tecnológicas dentro del proceso enseñanza aprendizaje de los estudiantes privilegiando el aprendizaje basado en retos, la toma de decisiones y la resolución de problemas.

Security Hedging Strategies of U.S. Allies and Partners in the Era of Trump: The ROK, Japan and Singapore as Case Studies

Increasing acrimony in U.S.-China relations poses a challenge for states in the Asia-Pacific region, particularly those that have, whilst benefiting from the U.S. role in underwriting regional security, wish to avoid straining relations with China. In dealing with this challenge, the ROK, Japan and Singapore have blended “minilateralism” alongside hedging strategies. Japan’s approach has combined maintenance of its security ties to the United States, whilst simultaneously increasing security cooperation with other powers in the region. The ROK has positioned itself strategically within the U.S. alliance network in the Asia-Pacific, whilst distancing itself from full security cooperation with Japan, in order to reassure China. Singapore faces additional difficulty due to its small size, and has focused on mobilizing its “convening” power to highlight its own relevance to the interests of the international community, whilst simultaneously increasing security cooperation with the UK and Australia as alternative partners.

The Impact of COVID-19 Social Distancing on Other Infections in Children

Most children have been isolated at home during the COVID-19 pandemic. With children removed from their normal peer interactions at day care, school,

Impactos na saúde mental causados pela pandemia de sars-cov-2 e isolamento social: relato de experiência

Pertencente à família Coronaviridae, o Sars-Cov-2 é um vírus envelopado de RNA causador da síndrome respiratória aguda grave. Como medida preventiva à propagação do vírus, a OMS sugere aplicação da quarentena e isolamento social, o que vem implicando na qualidade de vida, tangenciado no bem-estar psicológico dos indivíduos, resultando no aparecimento de stress, medo, ansiedade, pânico, culpa e tristeza, pois esses indícios refletem em sofrimento psíquico e culmina para o surgimento de transtornos psicossomáticos. O presente estudo objetiva relatar a experiência de graduandos em enfermagem na investigação dos impactos da pandemia de Sars-Cov-2 e isolamento social na saúde mental das pessoas. Trata-se de um estudo de abordagem quanti-qualitativa, do tipo relato de experiência, desenvolvido em duas etapas, a saber: 1 - coleta de dados e 2 – discussões de resultados. Dados do estudo revelam que 95,24% dos participantes apresentam ou apresentaram sentimentos negativos causados pelo isolamento social, sendo a preocupação o sentimento de maior impacto. Além deste, estão presentes também o estado de alerta excessivo e a falta de controle emocional, que podem ser originados pelas várias notícias negativas que circulam pelos meios de comunicação, distanciamento de familiares e amigos, quebra da rotina, além das fake news. Diante do exposto, evidencia-se a necessidade e a importância em desenvolver estudos e ações de saúde que venham a contribuir na promoção do autocontrole emocional, a fim de garantir uma boa qualidade de vida em tempos de pandemia e isolamento social.