Open AccessImplementing a Combination of Social and Public Health Interventions for the Effective Control of COVID-19 Pandemic
Author(s) -
Saurabh RamBihariLal Shrivastava,
PrateekSaurabh Shrivastava
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of comprehensive health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2347-498X
DOI - 10.53553/jch.v09i01.008
Subject(s) - pandemic , psychological intervention , public health , transmission (telecommunications) , public health interventions , disease , social distance , covid-19 , medicine , public relations , control (management) , business , political science , environmental health , computer science , infectious disease (medical specialty) , nursing , artificial intelligence , telecommunications , pathology
The ongoing coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has gone beyond the possibility that the disease can be controlled by the solitary actions of the health sector. If we really aim to bring an end to this novel viral pandemic, we have to implement specific public health and social interventions which can either reduce or completely interrupt the probability of transmission of the disease. Amidst no availability of a vaccine or a potential therapeutic option, the scope of public health and social interventions in the effective containment of the infection is of paramount importance. However, it is important to remember that social measures cannot be there forever and they have to be gradually lifted, and at that time, the caseload will be determined by the continuation of the well proven strategies. In conclusion, in the ongoing global fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, it is extremely important that public health interventions should be implemented in close coordination with social strategies, including support from all the sections of the community to significantly minimize the risk of transmission of the infection.