Mental Health Issues in Youth Durin g Pandemic Situation
Mental Health Issues in Youth Durin g Pandemic Situation The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak was first reported in Wuhan, China, and was later reported to have spread throughout the world to create a global pandemic. As of March 30, 2021, the coronavirus had spread to more than 221 countries with at least 128,914,875 confirmed cases, resulting in 2,818,509 deaths globally. Several countries declared this pandemic as a national emergency, forcing millions of people to go into lockdown. This unexpected imposed social isolation has caused enormous disruption of daily routines for the global community, especially youth. Among the measures intended to reduce the spread of the virus, most schools, Colleges and universities closed, canceled classes, and moved it to home-based or online learning to encourage and adhere to social distancing guidelines. Education and learnings of around 70% of students are impacted globally due to coronavirus. The transition away from physic