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COVID, Volume 3, Issue 8

2023 August - 9 articles

Cover Story: Melbourne is considered the most locked down city in the world. The Victorian Government imposed six consecutive lockdowns between late March 2020 and late October 2021. This study retrospectively evaluates the effectiveness of these COVID-19 control strategies and proposes a standardized approach to review control measures in general. Lockdowns 1-5 were implemented too late (they were expected to take effect slightly before, on, or after the end of the effective phase) and were therefore ineffective. In contrast, the mask mandate introduced on July 23, 2020, initiated the effective phase and thus flattened the curve. Lockdown 6 was implemented far before the effective phase and was therefore ineffective. A more relaxed approach by avoiding ineffective lockdowns would have been more economically friendly. View this paper
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Articles (9)

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
4,260 Views
11 Pages
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Adverse Effects Associated with the First Dose of the Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine in Healthcare Workers from Mexico: A Case Serie from Passive Surveillance

  • Orlando Rubén Pérez-Nieto,
  • Cesar Daniel Alonso-Bello,
  • Ernesto Deloya-Tomas,
  • Luis Del Carpio-Orantes,
  • María de Lourdes Maya-Mejía,
  • Úrsula Medina,
  • Rafael Almendra-Pegueros and
  • Marian Elizabeth Phinder-Puente
COVID2023, 3(8), 1209-1219;https://doi.org/10.3390/covid3080085

17 August 2023

Almost a year after the declaration of the pandemic due to the SARS-CoV-2 virus which causes the COVID-19 disease and the need to contain the progression and treatment, the promising option was designing an effective and safe vaccine to reach a state...

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  • Review
  • Open Access
8 Citations
6,516 Views
22 Pages
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Scoping Review of Self-Directed Online Learning, Public School Students’ Mental Health, and COVID-19 in Noting Positive Psychosocial Outcomes with Self-Initiated Learning

  • Carol Nash
COVID2023, 3(8), 1187-1208;https://doi.org/10.3390/covid3080084

16 August 2023

During COVID-19, self-directed learning, contrasted with standardized learning, became a necessary and promoted learning method in public schools—one potentially supportive of mental health regularly in public schools through the use of online...

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  • Review
  • Open Access
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14 Pages
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A COVID-19 Overview from the Perspective of the Brazilian Kidney Transplantation Program

  • Lúcio Requião-Moura,
  • Renato Demarchi Foresto,
  • Tainá Veras de Sandes-Freitas and
  • José Medina-Pestana
COVID2023, 3(8), 1173-1186;https://doi.org/10.3390/covid3080083

16 August 2023

The Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has significantly affected kidney transplantation activities around the world, thus resulting in a substantial decrease in both deceased and living transplants. This study presents a COVID-19 overview from the...

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  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
7,183 Views
15 Pages
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A Survey of Changes in the Psychological State of Individuals with Social Withdrawal (hikikomori) in the Context of the COVID Pandemic

  • Takafumi Ogawa,
  • Yuki Shiratori,
  • Haruhiko Midorikawa,
  • Miyuki Aiba,
  • Daichi Sugawara,
  • Naoaki Kawakami,
  • Tetsuaki Arai and
  • Hirokazu Tachikawa
COVID2023, 3(8), 1158-1172;https://doi.org/10.3390/covid3080082

8 August 2023

Background: The coronavirus disease (COVID) 2019 pandemic has been reported to have resulted in psychological disturbances. The Japanese term “hikikomori” refers to a state of preferring to stay at home. The COVID pandemic provided an opp...

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  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
11 Citations
6,197 Views
52 Pages
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The Health System’s Response to and the Impact of COVID-19 on Health Services, Providers, and Seekers: A Rapid Review in the Wake of the Pandemic

  • Ankur Singh Chauhan,
  • Kultar Singh,
  • Rajesh Bhatia,
  • Sonalini Khetrapal and
  • Aditya Naskar
COVID2023, 3(8), 1106-1157;https://doi.org/10.3390/covid3080081

1 August 2023

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted global healthcare systems, requiring rapid adaptations. This study evaluates the impact on health systems and services in India during the peak of the first wave and its aftermath. It analyses disruptions,...

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  • Review
  • Open Access
8 Citations
4,915 Views
14 Pages
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COVID-19 and Chronic Kidney Disease: A Narrative Review

  • Marília Paiva Martins and
  • Rodrigo Bueno de Oliveira
COVID2023, 3(8), 1092-1105;https://doi.org/10.3390/covid3080080

31 July 2023

The coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has had a profound impact on the world, causing loss of life, economic damage, and social disruption. Individuals with chronic kidney disease (CKD) are prone to complications and increased mortality re...

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  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,246 Views
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Government Restriction Efficiency on Curbing COVID-19 Pandemic Transmission in Western Europe

  • Simone Lolli,
  • Francesco Piazza and
  • Gemine Vivone
COVID2023, 3(8), 1079-1091;https://doi.org/10.3390/covid3080079

28 July 2023

The World Health Organization (WHO)-confirmed pandemic (March 2020) of the new Coronavirus 2 severe acute respiratory syndrome infection (SARS-CoV-2) reported in Wuhan, China, in December 2019 (first reported cases), then spread to Italy and successi...

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  • Open Access
1 Citations
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16 Pages
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Retrospective Evaluation of the Effectiveness of COVID-19 Control Strategies Implemented by the Victorian Government in Melbourne—A Proposal for a Standardized Approach to Review and Reappraise Control Measures

  • Franz Konstantin Fuss,
  • Adin Ming Tan and
  • Yehuda Weizman
COVID2023, 3(8), 1063-1078;https://doi.org/10.3390/covid3080078

28 July 2023

In evaluating the effectiveness of COVID-19 control measures, we propose a standardized approach to assess the impact of COVID-19 management on flattening the curve by analyzing the case data of Victoria, Australia. Its capital, Melbourne, is conside...

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  • Communication
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,388 Views
11 Pages
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COVID Pandemics and Inland Transportation in the Brazilian Amazon: A Note on the Risks of Infection in Typical Passenger Vessels

  • Harlysson W. S. Maia,
  • Jassiel V. H. Fontes,
  • Daniel Silva Bitencourtt,
  • Edgar Mendoza,
  • Rodolfo Silva,
  • Irving D. Hernández and
  • Hector Reis Almeida
COVID2023, 3(8), 1052-1062;https://doi.org/10.3390/covid3080077

27 July 2023

Located in the center of the largest river basin in the world, the State of Amazonas in Brazil has an extensive network of more than 20 thousand kilometers of navigable waterways, which is the main mode of transportation between localities, both for...

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