Review Article
Year: 2021 | Month: December | Volume: 11 | Issue: 12 | Pages: 59-64
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/ijhsr.20211209
An Overview of Social Aspects of COVID-19 Pandemic
Sarita Gautam
Assistant Professor, Department of Social Sciences, NIHFW, New Delhi.
ABSTRACT
COVID-19 pandemic is more than a health crisis. It is a human, economic and social crisis. As a pandemic, it is attacking societies at their core. 1Many changes and challenges are developing in the society during the COVID-19 pandemic. The aim of this paper is to describe and analyze the COVID-19 pandemic situation in the social context. This paper deals with association of COVID-19 genesis and globalization, phase of involuntary immobility due to lockdown, sick role of COVID-19 patient, social stigma associated with COVID-19 patient, new behavioral norms to reduce the transmission of corona virus and the importance of community participation to combat this pandemic and prepare for the future. A lesson can be learned from this pandemic situation that implementation of all precautionary social measures effectively and construction of social support system strong collectively are very important tools to reduce damage from COVID-19 like public health crisis. Community involvement can drive every citizen to be aware about transmission of corona virus and practice of all precautionary measures to prevent from COVID19 virus.
Key words: COVID-19 pandemic, corona virus, social aspects, health crisis