Covid-19 Prevention and Management Policies and Societal Experiences with their Implementation (Kebijakan Pencegahan dan Penanganan Covid-19 dan Implementasinya dalam Pengalaman Ma... by Sulistyowati Irianto, Yvonne Kezia D. Nafi, Antarin Prasanthi, Ghanies Amany C

“…The research found that the main problem is in the inconsistent policies and its implementation in preventing and handling the pandemic. The informants, including doctors, show their perspective from their experiences on how the pandemic is a way to deconstruct the whole health problems in Indonesia.…”
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Effective factors in dealing with industrial crises caused by widespread virus outbreaks by MahdiReza Adamian, Abbas Toloie Eshlaghy, Reza Radfar, Alireza Pour Ebrahimi

“…Addressing and mitigating the economic repercussions of the pandemic is imperative to prevent further damage. While prior research has explored the negative impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on various industries, there has been a notable gap in understanding the specific factors that influence how industrial crises stemming from viral outbreaks are managed. …”
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How did providers of home care for older adults manage the early phase of the Covid-19 pandemic? A qualitative case study of managers’ experiences in Region Stockholm by Janne Agerholm, Bo Burström, Pär Schön, Ann Liljas

“…For better readiness and preparedness for future pandemics, municipal home care services would need larger stocks of personal protective equipment, clear guidelines and more training on how to reduce dissemination of disease. …”
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How the driving behaviors and customer handling of public transportation operators have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: the perspective of protecti... by Kassa Moges Tareke

“…This paper tries to investigate how COVID-19 pandemic factors influenced the driving and customer handling behaviors of urban public transportation operators in Addis Ababa city, Ethiopia. …”
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Predicting COVID-19 outbreak in India using modified SIRD model by Sakshi Shringi, Harish Sharma, Pushpa Narayan Rathie, Jagdish Chand Bansal, Atulya Nagar, Daya Lal Suthar

“…The data is examined on weekly basis to prevent noise. Depending on the fact, that the precise mode of transmission is highly dependent on how and when different precautions such as isolation, confinement, and other preventative measures were implemented, we put together our projections concerning satisfactory speculations based on genuine realities. …”
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Speed versus coverage trade off in targeted interventions during an outbreak by Axel A. Bonačić Marinović, Marion Koopmans, Sabine Dittrich, Peter Teunis, Corien Swaan, Jim van Steenbergen, Mirjam Kretzschmar

“…Which case-based intervention measures should be applied during an epidemic outbreak depends on how timely they can be applied and how effective they are. …”
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A qualitative assessment of cleaning and hand hygiene practices at shelters serving people experiencing homelessness during the COVID-19 pandemic, Atlanta, GA – May-June, 2020 by Bethlehem N. Besrat, Emily Mosites, Martha P. Montgomery, Amanda G. Garcia-Williams, Emily Trautner, Kristie E. N. Clarke, Brittany Marshall, Cathryn Vassell, Candace Rutt, Shantrice L. Jones

“…As part of future pandemic planning and outbreak prevention efforts, shelters serving PEH could benefit from specific guidance and training materials on cleaning and hand hygiene practices.…”
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Phylogenetic Investigations of Dengue 2019–2021 Outbreak in Guadeloupe and Martinique Caribbean Islands by Margot Garcia--Van Smévoorde, Géraldine Piorkowski, Loic Emboulé, Georges Dos Santos, Cécile Loraux, Stéphanie Guyomard-Rabenirina, Marie-Odile Joannes, Laurence Fagour, Fatiha Najioullah, André Cabié, Xavier de Lamballerie, Anubis Vega-Rúa, Raymond Césaire, Elodie Calvez

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The Persistence and Change in China’s Healthcare Insurance Reform: Clues from Fiscal Subsidy Policies Made for Settling COVID-19 Patients’ Medical Costs by Ma T, Guo B, Xu J

“…This article compares the healthcare insurance systems, fiscal subsidy policies during the COVID-19 period and takes Yulin’s healthcare insurance reform and Nanjing healthcare insurance administration’s measures to fight against COVID-19 pandemic as specific cases to analyze.Aim: This article presents the advantages of the coverage of China’s healthcare insurance as well as the insufficiency of the commercial healthcare insurance and market-oriented medical institutions to show the persistence and change in China’s healthcare insurance reform.Conclusion: Soon after the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic, the National Healthcare Security Administration and the Ministry of Finance of PRC jointly issued an announcement on how to guarantee the medical security of the novel coronavirus pneumonia pandemic. …”
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Comparing intervention measures in a model of a disease outbreak on a university campus by A. Best, P. Singh

“…We identify a range of measures that can not only limit an outbreak but prevent it entirely, and also comment on the variation in measures of severity that emerge from our stochastic simulations. …”
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The feasibility of organ transplantation during the COVID-19 outbreak: experiences from South Korea by Juhan Lee, Eun Jin Kim, Kyong Ihn, Jae Geun Lee, Dong Jin Joo, Myoung Soo Kim, Soon Il Kim, Yu Seun Kim, Kyu Ha Huh

“…Although transplantation societies around the world have proposed interim recommendations, little is known about the safety of transplant surgery under pandemic conditions and how transplant medicine should move forward after the peak of the pandemic. …”
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How Taiwan has responded to COVID-19 and how COVID-19 has affected Taiwan, 2020–2022 by Chih-Cheng Lai, Ping-Ing Lee, Po-Ren Hsueh

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Metapopulation models of pandemic risk and control by Singer, BJ

“…<p>A pandemic is a global outbreak of an infectious disease, which can increase rates of death and disability worldwide, and impact economies and civilisations more generally. …”

Hand-washing promotion during Covid-19 outbreak in Riverbank of Kahayan River, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia by Missesa Missesa, Trissa Viranti, Shasa Dini Martha Ewa Kaswana, Carolin Firsta Athena, Hendrowanto Nibel

“…This photo essay records health promotion given during Covid-19 outbreak in Riverbank of Kahayan River, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia. …”
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PHYSICAL ACTIVITY IN THE TIME OF COVID-19 PANDEMIC by Roman MARKOVIČ, Peter ŽIŠKA, Jaromír ŠIMONEK

“…As a solution to the lack of physical activity, taking into account the limitations of this time, we proposed a movement program, which we want to contribute to the prevention of disease in COVID-19 and to better manage the current pandemic situation.…”
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Analysis on the Development of Subway in a Pandemic City by Lei Xiangyue

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Impact of Guideline-Based Asthma Treatment on Health Services Use in Singapore Before and During COVID-19 Outbreak by Lim LHM, Lim HF, Liew MF, Chen W

“…During the pandemic, a 0.5 unit increase of PRR decreased the number of asthma-related ED visits, urgent and total polyclinic visits by 16.9% (95% CI: − 17.0% to – 16.9%), 9.3% (95% CI: − 9.5% to − 9.2%) and 0.7% (95% CI: − 0.8% to − 0.7%), respectively.Discussion: These findings suggest that regardless of the COVID-19 pandemic, an increase in PRR consistently reduced the frequency of asthma-related urgent and emergent care, although it barely influenced routine asthma follow-up visits.Plain Language Summary: In order to understand how guideline-based asthma management affects asthma-related health services use during the COVID-19 pandemic, in this study, we examined the pattern and impact of asthma medication utilisation (ie, the ratio of preventer to reliever dispensations) on asthma-related total polyclinic visits, urgent polyclinic visits and emergency department visits, and compared such effects before and during COVID-19 outbreak.We found a significant reduction in reliever medication dispensations and asthma-related total polyclinic visits, urgent polyclinic visits and emergency department visits in Singapore during the COVID-19 pandemic, as compared to the pre-pandemic period. …”
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Evaluation of Air Quality Index by Spatial Analysis Depending on Vehicle Traffic during the COVID-19 Outbreak in Turkey by Kadir Diler Alemdar, Ömer Kaya, Antonino Canale, Muhammed Yasin Çodur, Tiziana Campisi

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The Patient Activation Measure (PAM) and the pandemic: Predictors of patient activation among Australian health consumers during the COVID‐19 pandemic by Genevieve Dammery, Kathryn Vitangcol, James Ansell, Louise A. Ellis, Carolynn L. Smith, Ann Carrigan, Jeffrey Braithwaite, Yvonne Zurynski

“…Understanding the level of activation enables targeting sociodemographic groups for extra support to increase the capacity to engage in prevention activities. Conducted during the COVID‐19 pandemic, our study provides a baseline for comparison as we move out of the pandemic and associated restrictions and lockdowns. …”
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The importance of occupation in the development of the COVID-19 pandemic by Alex Burdorf, Reiner Rugulies

“…Emerging evidence clearly indicates that work plays a role, albeit limited, in the transmission of the coronaviruses and, as such, offers a point of entry for prevention strategies. We must learn from the valuable experiences in the past three years how conditions at the workplace have contributed to the rise and fall of the COVID-19 pandemic.References 1. …”
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