COVID-19 And Lockdown: Be Logical in Relaxing It
Cambridge Dictionary defines ‘lockdown’ as a situation in which people are not allowed to enter or leave a building or area freely because of an emergency. Merriam-Webster outlines three definitions of lockdown: a) the confinement of prisoners to their cell for all or most of the day as a temporary...
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| description | Cambridge Dictionary defines ‘lockdown’ as a situation in which people are not allowed to enter or leave a building or area freely because of an emergency. Merriam-Webster outlines three definitions of lockdown: a) the confinement of prisoners to their cell for all or most of the day as a temporary security measure, b) an emergency condition in which people are temporarily prevented from entering or leaving a restricted area during a threat of danger and c) a temporary condition imposed by governmental authorities as during the
outbreak of an epidemic disease in which people are required to stay at their homes and refrain from or
limit activities outside the home involving public contact. Our focus, here, is on lockdown strategy adopted to contain corona virus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-105c94ec58d6414d8a722884bdc3dd9e2022-12-21T21:18:00ZengLumbini Medical CollegeJournal of Lumbini Medical College2392-46322542-26182020-06-018110.22502/jlmc.v8i1.361COVID-19 And Lockdown: Be Logical in Relaxing ItRano Mal Piryani0Suneel Piryani1Shomeeta Piryani2Dhana Ratna Shakya3Muzaherul Huq4Universal College of Medical Sciences, Bhairahawa, NepalKarachi, PakistanMemon Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan.B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal.World Health Organization, South East Regional Office, Bangladesh.Cambridge Dictionary defines ‘lockdown’ as a situation in which people are not allowed to enter or leave a building or area freely because of an emergency. Merriam-Webster outlines three definitions of lockdown: a) the confinement of prisoners to their cell for all or most of the day as a temporary security measure, b) an emergency condition in which people are temporarily prevented from entering or leaving a restricted area during a threat of danger and c) a temporary condition imposed by governmental authorities as during the outbreak of an epidemic disease in which people are required to stay at their homes and refrain from or limit activities outside the home involving public contact. Our focus, here, is on lockdown strategy adopted to contain corona virus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.https://jlmc.edu.np/index.php/JLMC/article/view/361COVID 19LockdownPandemic |
| spellingShingle | Rano Mal Piryani Suneel Piryani Shomeeta Piryani Dhana Ratna Shakya Muzaherul Huq COVID-19 And Lockdown: Be Logical in Relaxing It Journal of Lumbini Medical College COVID 19 Lockdown Pandemic |
| title | COVID-19 And Lockdown: Be Logical in Relaxing It |
| title_full | COVID-19 And Lockdown: Be Logical in Relaxing It |
| title_fullStr | COVID-19 And Lockdown: Be Logical in Relaxing It |
| title_full_unstemmed | COVID-19 And Lockdown: Be Logical in Relaxing It |
| title_short | COVID-19 And Lockdown: Be Logical in Relaxing It |
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| topic | COVID 19 Lockdown Pandemic |
| url | https://jlmc.edu.np/index.php/JLMC/article/view/361 |
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