“…The pandemic and the consequent actions have been an intervention to all such systems of interaction. Many studies have been conducted exploring how cities have been affected by the pandemic (e.g., Mishra et al, 2020 ), how governments responded to COVID-19 (e.g., Li et al, 2022 ), and how the implications of the pandemic can improve public health through providing inputs on planning (e.g., Gubić & Wolff, 2022 ; Mouratidis & Yiannakou, 2022 ). Especially during the early months, the physical city, with all its flows, encounters, and gatherings, were rendered external to people's everyday life, which was confined to the immediate spaces of the body, work, and the dwelling.…”