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COVID-19 pandemic: A review of the global lockdown and its far-reaching effects

Science Progress · 5 authors, 4 centres

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This narrative review synthesizes literature on the widespread impacts of the COVID-19 global lockdown across multiple sectors. It concludes that while lockdowns were implemented to stem virus spread, they had profound negative effects on food security, the global economy, education, mental health, and other areas of life.

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This narrative review examines the global impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown by synthesizing existing literature. The central finding is that the lockdown, intended to 'flatten the curve,' had far-reaching negative consequences across these strata of life, including food insecurity, economic depression, and increased mental health challenges. The study notes its own limitations, including the ever-changing nature of the pandemic and variations in lockdown implementation across countries. It suggests that exploring these impacts is necessary to guide future pandemic response strategies.

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PMC10454957

COVID-19 pandemic: A review of the global lockdown and its far-reaching effects

Science Progress

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COVID-19, caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2), was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) on the 11th of March 2020, leading to some form of lockdown across almost all countries of the world. The extent of the global pandemic due to COVID-19 has a significant impact on our lives that must be studied carefully to combat it. This study highlights the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown on crucial aspects of daily life globally, including; Food security, Global economy, Education, Tourism, hospitality, sports and leisure, Gender Relation, Domestic Violence/Abuse, Mental Health and Environmental air pollution through a systematic search of the literature. The COVID-19 global lockdown was initiated to stem the spread of the virus and ‘flatten the curve’ of the pandemic. However, the impact of the lockdown has had far-reaching effects in different strata of life, including; changes in the accessibility and structure of education delivery to students, food insecurity as a result of unavailability and fluctuation in prices, the depression of the global economy, increase in mental health challenges, wellbeing and quality of life amongst others. This review article highlights the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown across the globe. As the global lockdown is being lifted in a phased manner in various countries of the world, it is necessary to explore its impacts to understand its consequences comprehensively. This will guide future decisions that will be made in a possible future wave of the COVID-19 pandemic or other global disease outbreak.

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Helen Onyeaka, Christian K Anumudu, Zainab T Al-Sharify et al.. COVID-19 pandemic: A review of the global lockdown and its far-reaching effects. Science Progress. (2021). https://doi.org/10.1177/00368504211019854

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Helen Onyeaka, Christian K Anumudu, Zainab T Al-Sharify, Esther Egele-Godswill, Paul Mbaegbu

1School of Chemical Engineering, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
2Department of Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering, Mustansiriyah University, Baghdad, Iraq
3Center of African Studies, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
4Department of History, University of Jos, Jos, Plateau, Nigeria