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Original Research Articles                      Volume : 10, Issue:2, February, 2021

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Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci.2021.10(2): 1863-1878
DOI: https://doi.org/10.20546/ijcmas.2021.1002.221


Impact Study of Environment on Health during Covid-19 Lock down: A Review
Sridevi Tallapragada1, Rajesh Lather1*, Vandana and Gurnam Singh2
1KrishiVigyan Kendra, Panchkula (Haryana), India
2ChaudharyCharan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, India
*Corresponding author
Abstract:

Investigations have been made on the issue of COVID-19 pandemic spread in India in the current challenging scenario. Trend knowledge has been observed with the help of recovery rate and case load rate obtained for the data available. The various strategies implemented as lockdown; quarantine of population has played a significant role in reducing the risk of spread of epidemic. This study predicts that when the case load rate gets lesser than recovery rate, there after COVID-19 patients would start to decline. On the other hand, many cities were ranked as the most polluted city in the world by WHO in May 2014. The usual air quality of India’s national capital according to the air quality index used to be 200 and is 25 percent above unsafe level as deemed by World Health Organization. In Mumbai, the financial capital, air quality levels in March 2019 averaged 153 on the Air Quality Index and of national capital New Delhi averaged 161 which ranks as unhealthy to breathe. The government data shows the average concentration of PM 2.5 plunged by 71 percent in the space of a week falling from 91 μg/m3to 26 μg/m3. Reports from NASA shown that hole in ozone layer has filled up. The carbon monoxide level decreased from 600 -1000 μg/m3 to 500 - 800 μg/m3. This is big impact of lockdown. Critically endangered, South Asian River Dolphins also known as Ganges Dolphins have been spotted back in the Ganga River after 30 years. Due to the reduced pollution in water, the South Asian River Dolphins have been spotted at various Ganga Ghats of Kolkata. The noise pollution fell as lockdown rings in sound of silence. Isolation, physical distancing, the closure of schools and workplaces proved challenges that affect people, and increased stress, anxiety, fear and loneliness at this time. The International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) said that while the world battles COVID-19, plant pests and diseases continue to pose a threat to food production. Quarantine processes for samples of plant materials brought into the country for research purposes have been impacted due to the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19)-associated lockdown. According to the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE), in the short term, some of the veterinary activities regarded as essential by the OIE, such as preventative measures against diseases with a significant public health or economic impact, are already either working at lower intensity or have been suppressed during the lockdown.


Keywords: Lock down, COVID-19, PM2.5, PM10, Pollutants, Air Quality Index

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Sridevi Tallapragada, Rajesh Lather, Vandana and Gurnam Singh. 2021. Impact Study of Environment on Health during Covid-19 Lock down: A Review Article.Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci. 10(2): 1863-1878. doi: https://doi.org/10.20546/ijcmas.2021.1002.221
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