Identification of potential lockdown areas during COVID-19 transmission in Punjab, Pakistan

U Saeed, K Sherdil, U Ashraf, I Younas, HJ Butt… - Public health, 2021 - Elsevier
Objectives Real-time COVID-19 spread mapping and monitoring to identify lockdown and
semi-lockdown areas using hotspot analysis and geographic information systems and also …

Implementation of initiatives designed to improve healthcare worker health and wellbeing during the COVID-19 pandemic: comparative case studies from 13 …

N O'Brien, K Flott, O Bray, A Shaw, M Durkin - Globalization and Health, 2022 - Springer
Background Healthcare workers are at a disproportionate risk of contracting COVID-19. The
physical and mental repercussions of such risk have an impact on the wellbeing of …

Exploring the beliefs and experiences with regard to COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and acceptance in a slum of Karachi, Pakistan

R Qasim, H Shah, A Sultan, M Yaqoob… - Health Promotion …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
The COVID-19-related misinformation and vaccine hesitancy is a widespread global
concern and a recognized public health problem in Pakistan. The current research sought to …

Substitution spectra of SARS-CoV-2 genome from Pakistan reveals insights into the evolution of variants across the pandemic

J Ashraf, SARS Bukhari, A Kanji, T Iqbal, M Yameen… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Changing morbidity and mortality due to COVID-19 across the pandemic has been linked
with factors such as the emergence of SARS-CoV-2 variants and vaccination. Mutations in …

Effect of Lockdown on the spread of COVID-19 in Pakistan

F Farooq, J Khan, MUG Khan - arXiv preprint arXiv:2005.09422, 2020 - arxiv.org
A novel coronavirus originated from Wuhan, China in late December 2019 has now affected
almost all countries worldwide. Pakistan reported its first case in late February. The country …

Temperature-adjustable F-carbon nanofiber/carbon fiber nanocomposite fibrous masks with excellent comfortability and anti-pathogen functionality

SW Xiong, Q Zou, ZG Wang, J Qin, Y Liu, NJ Wei… - Chemical Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
Wearing surgical masks remains the most effective protective measure against COVID-19
before mass vaccination, but insufficient comfortability and low antibacterial/antiviral …

Covid-19 pandemic: Economic burden on patients with musculoskeletal injuries in a tertiary care hospital of LMIC; retrospective cross sectional study

P Hashmi, S Fahad, HN Khan, M Zahid… - Annals of Medicine …, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Covid-19 has adversely impacted the health care organizations by over burdening with
Covid patients and suspending the elective surgeries and clinics. Hospitalization during …

[PDF][PDF] The use of technology for online classes during the global pandemic: Challenges encountered by the schoolteachers in Pakistan

N Rehman, W Zhang, M Iqbal - Liberal Arts and Social …, 2021 - pdfs.semanticscholar.org
The lockdown after COVID-19 outbreak not only harmed the economy but also shut down all
educational activity, resulting in a significant gap in learning and understanding among …

The role of leadership in public sector innovation: A systematic review and meta-analysis of the management of COVID-19 in Asian countries

F Sazzad, VP Rajan, MA Demircioglu - Frontiers in Public Health, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Strong leadership in public sector innovation can empower governments to address
community challenges in new ways in light of the challenges posed by the global …

Psychological impacts of social distancing during COVID-19 pandemic in adolescents of Lahore, Pakistan

S Majeed, M Ashraf - Annals of King Edward Medical University, 2020 - annalskemu.org
Background: After the declaration of COVID-19 as a pandemic by the WHO, every country
took important measures to reduce its spread such as lockdowns and social distancing …