COVID-19: A Crisis Within a Crisis

Abstract

The outbreak of COVID-19 (Coronavirus disease 2019) was declared an international public health emergency on 30 January 2020. Global efforts so far have been focused on optimising healthcare systems and preventing fatalities, but brewing underneath the surface of this pandemic is a social crisis of unprecedented dimensions. There have been a growing number of reports on the increasing psychological burden caused by the COVID-19 outbreak on patients, healthcare workers and society at large

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