Management of environmental health to prevent an outbreak of COVID-19

Mousazadeh, Milad; Naghdali, Zohreh; Rahimian, Neda; Hashemi, Marjan; Paital, Biswaranjan; Al-Qodah, Zakaria; Ahmad, Mahmood; Karri, Rama Rao; Mahmoud, Alaa El Din; Dehghani, Mohammad Hadi; Emamjomeh, Mohammad Mahdi

doi:10.1016/b978-0-323-85780-2.00007-x

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“…The more transmissible a pathogen is, the greater its associated R 0 and the greater the proportion of the population that must be immune in order to prevent sustained transmission [ 30 ]. If the estimated R 0 value is greater than 1, the disease is still spreading [ 52 ]. According to the WHO, predicting how much of a population is immune and how long that immunity lasts will be difficult until COVID-19 immunity is better understood.…”

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Can the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Variant Confer Natural Immunity against COVID-19?

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The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is still ongoing, with no signs of abatement in sight. The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), which is the causative agent of this pandemic and has claimed over 5 million lives, is still mutating, resulting in numerous variants. One of the newest variants is Omicron, which shows an increase in its transmissibility, but also reportedly reduces hospitalization rates and shows milder symptoms, such as in those who have been vaccinated. As a result, many believe that Omicron provides a natural vaccination, which is the first step toward ending the COVID-19 pandemic. Based on published research and scientific evidence, we review and discuss how the end of this pandemic is predicted to occur as a result of Omicron variants being surpassed in the community. In light of the findings of our research, we believe that it is most likely true that the Omicron variant is a natural way of vaccinating the masses and slowing the spread of this deadly pandemic. While the mutation that causes the Omicron variant is encouraging, subsequent mutations do not guarantee that the disease it causes will be less severe. As the virus continues to evolve, humans must constantly adapt by increasing their immunity through vaccination.

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Section: Concepts Of Immunitymentioning

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Can the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Variant Confer Natural Immunity against COVID-19?

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“…The virus can enter the water system also from directly disposed wastes or wastewater from hospitals and isolation centers (Verlicchi et al, 2010;Wang, J., et al, 2020b;Wang, W., et al, 2020) that enter surface water. These might contain, in addition to the execretion of patients, medical wastes with infectious material from the patients disposed of without proper treatment (Mousazadeh et al, 2021). The virus may also reach the water system from the disposal of nearby septic tanks and might affect the workers if they are not taking precautions.…”

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The effects of COVID-19 on the water sector

Ibrahim¹

2022

Front. Environ. Sci.

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The COVID-19 pandemic affected public health, economy, social life, and the environment. It infected and killed millions of people around the world. Most of the recent literature has focused on the medications to combat this virus, including antivirals and vaccines, but studies about its effect on the environment are still rare, particularly on the water sector. Most of the studies concentrate on the effect of water availability on COVID-19, the effect of the used medications on the water, and the probability of transmission of SARS-CoV-2 through water. Herein, we have summarized the effects of COVID-19 on the water sector from many perspectives. We show different methods to detect the effect of the pandemic on water and also methods to investigate the presence of the virus or its RNA in the water. We also show the different effects of its presence in the wastewater, the probability of transmission, the detection of different variants, and the prediction of new waves. We also show the disadvantages and advantages of the pandemic in the water sector. We finally suggest some recommendations to face this pandemic and the future pandemics for the governments and water policymakers, water treatment plants, general population, and researchers. The aim of this review is to show the different aspects of the pandemic in order to give a general idea about what must be done in order to minimize its effect and any probable pandemic in the future.

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“…It has been found that environmental health interventions have a great effect on knowledge, attitude, and practice of people about health issues ( 10 ). In fact, environmental health-based measures play a vital role in the managing and preventing SARS-CoV-2 infection through educating people about the transmission of the SARS-CoV-2 in different environmental conditions, disinfection measures such as hand washing, and protection measures such as facial mask ( 11 ).…”

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Evaluation of the Effect of Educational Interventions on Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice Against COVID-19 in a Residential Complex in Tehran: A Prospective Cross-sectional Study

Masoumbeigi,

Mirshafiee,

Ghanizadeh

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Background The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic at the end of 2019 posed a global health concern. It has been found that health education is one of the best methods for health promotion, changing inappropriate personal behaviors, and increasing people's awareness and attitude through major health concerns, including the COVID-19 pandemic. This study aimed to investigate the effect of educational interventions with environmental health approach on the knowledge, attitude, and practice of people in the COVID-19 epidemic era in one residential complex in Tehran. Methods This cross-sectional study was conducted in Tehran in 2021. The study population was households of a residential complex in Tehran, which was selected by a random sampling method. A researcher-made checklist was used to gather data for this study, and its validity and reliability in the domains of environmental health and knowledge, attitude, and practice in the COVID-19 setting were evaluated before it was used. An intervention was made through social media and the checklist was reevaluated after the intervention. Results A total number of 306 participants were enrolled in this study. In the assessment of the knowledge, attitude, and practice after the intervention, the mean score of the mentioned values increased significantly ( P < 0.001). However, the influence of intervention was more prominent in the improvement of knowledge and attitude than practice. Conclusion Public health intervention with an environmental health approach can increase people's knowledge, attitude, and practice against chronic diseases and epidemics such as COVID-19.

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Management of environmental health to prevent an outbreak of COVID-19

Cited by 13 publications

References 139 publications

Can the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Variant Confer Natural Immunity against COVID-19?

Can the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Variant Confer Natural Immunity against COVID-19?

The effects of COVID-19 on the water sector

Evaluation of the Effect of Educational Interventions on Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice Against COVID-19 in a Residential Complex in Tehran: A Prospective Cross-sectional Study

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