Open AccessImpact of lockdown and unlocking on symptomatology and emergency department visits during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic
Author(s) -
Rachel E D'Silva,
Ashwin K Kola,
Joshua J Vijay,
Mariam Jacob,
Bagyalakshmi Selvaraj,
Jeremiah N Joseph,
Kundavaram Paul Prabhakar Abhilash
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1253_21
Subject(s) - medicine , incidence (geometry) , pandemic , triage , covid-19 , emergency department , emergency medicine , observational study , medical emergency , disease , physics , psychiatry , infectious disease (medical specialty) , optics
The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in a complete nationwide lockdown on March 24, 2020. The months of April and May had stringent lockdown measures followed by a gradual loosening of restrictions in a graded manner.