Effectiveness of the Strategies Implemented in Sri Lanka for Controlling the COVID-19 Outbreak by K. K. W. H. Erandi, A. C. Mahasinghe, S. S. N. Perera, S. Jayasinghe

“…In order to bring the new coronavirus pandemic in the country under control, the government of Sri Lanka implemented a set of control strategies including social distancing, quarantine, lockdowns, travel restrictions, and isolation of villages. …”
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Postgraduate Researcher Special Issue: Editorial by Michael Thomas, John Goulding, Mireille Patrick

“…Over 500 participants registered for this fully online event delivered via videoconferencing from over 17 different countries, just as the first of our several lockdowns were occurring throughout the world due to the COVID-19 pandemic. …”
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The Impact of Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic on Female Patients Seeking or Undergoing Fertility Treatment in a Single In Vitro Fertilisation Clinic in Greece: An International,... by Konstantina Pappa, Emmanouil M. Xydias, Apostolos C. Ziogas, Kanelina Bimba, Elias Tsakos, Efstratios Kolibianakis

“…Background: The temporary delay in fertility treatments due to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, in combination with the imposed lockdowns, has created psychological distress and anxiety amongst infertile patients. …”
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Queer Bodies as Im/Mobile Infrastructure: A Textual Reading of Two Pandemic Stories in the Provincial Context by Marfy M. Cabayao

“…Through queer textual analysis of personal pandemic narratives from two Negrense queers in the Philippines, it reveals how these bodies maintain social, spatial, and existential mobility despite lockdowns. The narrators' experiences illustrate how queer bodies, as im/mobile infrastructures, utilize inner capabilities like emotions, concepts, and imaginations to navigate life spaces. …”
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REMOTE WORKING IN GREECE DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC: HOW IT AFFECTED EMPLOYEES AND BUSINESS by Andreas Karaoulanis

“…The covid-19 pandemic has created the necessity for quick and robust solutions to help professionals and businesses survive the lockdowns. Remote working was one of these solutions and played a crucial role for both employees and businesses to help them overcome the challenges that the pandemic posed. …”
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Updated COVID-19 Condition in Australia by Ke-Yan Loo, Vengadesh Letchumanan, Loh Teng-Hern Tan, Jodi Woan Fei Law

“…In Australia, the local government quickly closed national borders, implemented lockdowns and restrictions, increased testing within the community, established mask mandates and developed vaccination programs. …”
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Metal Complexes and Their Potential Therapeutic Role Against COVID-19: Recent Developments in Drug Designing by Kanwal Ashiq, Bushra Naureen, Sana Ashiq

“…Being associated with high mortality rates, this pandemic has forced several countries worldwide to impose complete lockdowns to limit the spread of infection. Despite the development of various vaccines, there is still an urgent need to design novel treatments backed with safety data for fighting  SARS-CoV-2 and its various mutants. …”
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Challenges in the post-covid-19 world by Fernando H. Taques

“…Socially, the crisis has exacerbated existing inequalities, disproportionately impacting vulnerable communities and widening the gap between socio-economic strata. Lockdowns, social distancing measures, and the shift to remote work have altered the fabric of daily life, prompting reflections on issues ranging from mental health strains to the digital divide. …”
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Inequalities in health behaviours during the COVID-19 pandemic – a commentary by Aleksandra Herbeć

“…These findings suggest that in addition to focusing on behaviours that are aimed at health protection, public health policies and measures deployed during pandemics should continue to include interventions aimed at health promotion and prevention (e.g. physical activity and balanced diet during lockdowns).…”
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South Africa’s Battle Against COVID-19 Pandemic by Ke Yan Loo, Jodi Woan-Fei Law, Loh Teng Hern Tan, Vengadesh Letchumanan

“…The local government has done as much as possible to control the spread of the virus in the local communities by quickly implementing lockdowns and enforcing movement restrictions. An eight-stage program to combat COVID-19 and a national vaccination strategy was also developed soon to manage the Coronavirus spread in the country better. …”
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Test for Change in Error Variance of Multiple Time Series by Elfred John C. Abacan, Joseph Ryan G. Lansangan, Erniel B. Barrios

“…Using global stock prices with the onset of lockdowns against the COVID19 pandemic as the stimulus of the changepoint, the test was able to detect significant changes in error variance before and during the pandemic. …”
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E-Government Effectiveness and Efficiency in EU-28 and COVID-19 by Sabina Hodžić, Dejan Ravšelj, Dubravka Jurlina Alibegović

“…This challenge was further revealed during lockdowns in individual countries, which affected their social and economic development. …”
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From print to perspective: A mixed-method analysis of the convergence and divergence of COVID-19 topics in newspapers and interviews. by Qingqing Chen, Andrew Crooks, Adam J Sullivan, Jennifer A Surtees, Laurene Tumiel-Berhalter

“…In the face of the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic, various government-led initiatives and individual actions (e.g., lockdowns, social distancing, and masking) have resulted in diverse pandemic experiences. …”
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Positive Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic and Public Health Measures on Healthcare by Hung Eun Hoo, Hong Chuan Loh, Alan Swee Hock Ch’ng, Fan Kee Hoo, Irene Looi

“…People are more willing to accept and act on public health messages. The pandemic lockdowns have not only successfully mitigated the transmission of coronavirus, but they have also indirectly reduced the hospital admission rates for endemic community respiratory infections and trauma-related emergencies like motor vehicle accidents. …”
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Two Years of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Genomic Evolution in Brazil (2022–2024): Subvariant Tracking and Assessment of Regional Sequencing Efforts by Ueric José Borges de Souza, Fernando Rosado Spilki, Amilcar Tanuri, Paulo Michel Roehe, Fabrício Souza Campos

“…The emergence of new subvariants in this new epidemiological scenario underscores the importance of ongoing genomic surveillance to track viral evolution and inform public health strategies, providing valuable information to update vaccines and implement other measures, such as lockdowns, mask usage, social distancing, health education, and self-testing.…”
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Level of pandemic consequences for the indebtedness of the Slovak hospitality sector by Katarina Valaskova, Pavol Durana, Tomas Kliestik, Simona Vojtekova

“…The current necessity is to determine the level of consequences for distinct industries and sectors. The local lockdowns and travel restrictions shocked the hospitality industry and its performance. …”
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Diagnosis of COVID-19 Using a Deep Learning Model in Various Radiology Domains by Yousef Alhwaiti, Muhammad Hameed Siddiqi, Madallah Alruwaili, Ibrahim Alrashdi, Saad Alanazi, Muhammad Hasan Jamal

“…Most countries have implemented full and partial lockdowns to control COVID-19. Paramedical employee infections are always a threatening discovery. …”
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Impact of economic shocks on mental health during COVID-19: A longitudinal study of adult residents of Indian metropolitan cities by Zakir Husain, Mousumi Dutta, Saswata Ghosh, Soumitra S. Datta

“…The COVID-19 pandemic, along with the economic recession caused by the lockdowns to reduce transmission, provides a natural experimental setting to examine the causal impact of a decline in monthly per capita expenditure (MPCE) on mental health of the general population in India during the pandemic. …”
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Exploring nature-based art therapy: a scoping review by Elīna Gulbe, Aija Ozola, Beāte Vītola, Elīna Akmane, Jasmina Pacek, Kristīne Mārtinsone

“…Interest in nature-based mental health approaches surged, particularly following the COVID-19 lockdowns, as research highlights nature’s role in health restoration and sustainability. …”
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COVID-19 preparedness and response in rural and remote areas: A scoping review. by Lilian Dudley, Ian Couper, Niluka Wijekoon Kannangarage, Selvan Naidoo, Clara Rodriguez Ribas, Theadora Swift Koller, Taryn Young

“…Non-pharmaceutical interventions were applied less, support for access to water and sanitation at scale was weak, and more targeted approaches to the isolation of cases and quarantine of contacts were preferable to blanket lockdowns. Rural pharmacists, community health workers and agricultural extension workers assisted in overcoming shortages of health professionals. …”
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