Alghamdi Huda Ahmed
Department of Biology, College of Sciences, King Khalid University, Abha, Saudi Arabia.
Saudi J Biol Sci. 2021 Jul;28(7):4082-4088. doi: 10.1016/j.sjbs.2021.04.031. Epub 2021 Apr 20.
Since the first case report on COVID-19, its transmission took place rapidly across the globe. Currently, it is reported to be spread into a total of 216 countries and territories. The suppression on industrial and gasoline burning activities accompanied after COVID-19 lock down favorably boosted the nature to restore its deteriorated sections such as in air with the improved Air quality index and in water bodies with the natural tone of purity. Increased use of anti-viral drugs along with herbal therapies has been observed at mass scale as global intervention to prevent the disease. The use of personal protective equipment and disinfection strategies for the control of pandemic has dramatically increased the pollution of plastic and medical waste. This article aims to forecast and highlight the evidence-based impact/changes (+ive and -ive) of coronavirus on the environment, global interventions to prevent the disease along with the levels of effectiveness of personal used protective equipment to stop the spread of coronavirus.
自首例新冠病毒病病例报告以来,其传播在全球迅速蔓延。目前,据报道它已传播到总共216个国家和地区。新冠疫情封锁后对工业和汽油燃烧活动的抑制,有利地促进了自然恢复其恶化的部分,如空气质量指数改善的空气和具有自然纯净度的水体。作为预防该疾病的全球干预措施,人们大规模地增加了抗病毒药物和草药疗法的使用。用于控制疫情的个人防护装备和消毒策略的使用,极大地增加了塑料和医疗废物的污染。本文旨在预测并突出冠状病毒对环境的循证影响/变化(积极和消极)、预防该疾病的全球干预措施以及个人使用的防护装备阻止冠状病毒传播的有效性水平。