Indirect Impacts of COVID-19 on the Environment: A Global Review
Indirect Impacts of COVID-19 on the Environment: A Global Review
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DOI：
10.61797/ijbca.v2i1.160
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2022-08
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A. Patlolla;Zavier Smith;P. Tchounwou
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作者：
A. Patlolla;Zavier Smith;P. Tchounwou
冠状病毒(新冠肺炎)是由SARS-CoV-2病毒引起的传染病，近两年来一直困扰着地球，随之而来的是许多争议。这份报告旨在分析新冠肺炎疫情如何对环境产生间接影响。大流行的爆发不仅对日常生活和企业造成了严重破坏，还夺走了全世界至少500万人的生命。这促使各国政府和世界卫生组织(世卫组织)制定措施，控制疾病的传播和对人口的影响。隔离措施、行动限制、封锁和宵禁以及旅行禁令是帮助世界遏制疫情蔓延的一些最有效的应对方法。所采取的措施对环境产生了间接影响，使全球社会面临许多机会和威胁。本报告对新冠肺炎疫情如何对环境产生间接影响进行了批判性分析，考察了应对措施和遏制措施是如何影响环境的。它的重点是空气质量、水需求和质量、气候变化、植树造林和砍伐森林、野生动物死灰复燃、乱扔垃圾、交通拥堵、减少噪音和改变人类活动。它探索了新冠肺炎遏制措施是如何产生环境影响的，并对早期地区产生了浓厚的兴趣。
Coronavirus (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which has plagued the Earth for the past two years and brought much controversy along with it. This report aims to analyze how the Covid-19 pandemic has had indirect effects on the environment. The onset of the pandemic has not only caused havoc disrupting routine average and businesses, but also claimed at least five million lives worldwide. This prompted the governments and the World Health Organization (WHO) to formulate measures to contain the transmission and the impact of the disease on the populations. Quarantine measures, movement restrictions, lockdowns and curfews, and travel bans are some of the most effective response methods that have helped the world contain the pandemic’s spread. The adopted measures have had an indirect impact on the environment, opening the global community to numerous opportunities and threats. This report provides a critical analysis of how the Covid-19 pandemic has had indirect effects on the environment, examining how the response and containment measures have affected the environment. It focuses on air quality, water demand and quality, climate change, afforestation and deforestation, wildlife resurgence, littering, traffic congestion, noise reduction and changed human activities. It explores how the Covid-19 containment measures have had an environmental impact with a keen interest in the earlier areas.