Current Event in Public Health: COVID-19 Pandemic

Current Event in Public Health: COVID-19 Pandemic
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Current Event in Public Health
Public health issues are challenges that make it difficult for health practitioners to keep the community safe and healthy. The challenges in the public health sector reduce the social and economic performance in the country. It is crucial to handle public health issues effectively for increased flow in the nation. COVID-19 pandemic is providing to be a problem for the public health sector. COVID-19 is a public health emergency due to threats posed by the disease.
The disease leads to psychological problems for the patient. COVID-19 is a global health threat that is the largest typical pneumonia outbreak since the SARS outbreak in 2003 (Wang et al., 2020). COVID-19 is a respiratory disease that spread from one person to another through respiratory droplets. The respiratory droplets are from coughing or sneezing by an infected person. Individuals are infected by touching services contaminated with the coronavirus and touching eyes, nose, and mouth. According to Worldometer (2020) COVID-19 have affected 213 countries and territories with coronavirus con...