College of Pharmacy, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan/ School of Pharmacy, Hajvery University, Lahore, Pakistan.
School of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, Liaoning, China.
Pak J Pharm Sci. 2021 Sep;34(5):1821-1836.
The COVID-19 epidemic is considered the most important health disaster of the century and the largest humanitarian crisis since World War II. In December 2019, a new respiratory disease/disorder was discovered in Wuhan, Hubei province, China and World Health Organization named it COVID-19 (coronavirus 2019). It has been diagnosed with a new class of corona virus, called SARS-CoV-2 (a serious respiratory disease). According to the history of human civilization it is affected by the incidence of disease outbreaks caused by the number of viruses. Covid-19 is rapidly spreading across the globe, due to which mankind faces major health, economic, environmental and social challenges. The outbreak of coronavirus is seriously affecting the global economy. Almost all nations have problems limiting the spread of the disease by screening and treating patients, setting up suspects by keeping in touch, blocking large gatherings, maintaining full or partial closure etc. This paper describes the impact of COVID-19 on society and the global environment, and the ways in which the disease is likely to be controlled have been discussed.
新冠疫情被认为是本世纪最重要的卫生灾难,也是自二战以来最大的人道主义危机。2019 年 12 月,在中国湖北省武汉市发现了一种新型呼吸道疾病/病症,世界卫生组织将其命名为 COVID-19(冠状病毒 2019)。它被诊断为一种新型冠状病毒,称为 SARS-CoV-2(一种严重的呼吸道疾病)。根据人类文明史,它受到病毒数量引起的疾病爆发的影响。Covid-19 在全球范围内迅速传播,因此人类面临重大的健康、经济、环境和社会挑战。冠状病毒的爆发严重影响了全球经济。几乎所有国家都存在通过筛查和治疗患者、通过保持联系设置疑似病例、阻止大型集会、全面或部分关闭等限制疾病传播的问题。本文描述了 COVID-19 对社会和全球环境的影响,并讨论了控制该疾病的可能途径。