The Impact of Covid-19 on South African Stock Market: Analysis of FTSE/JSE All Share Index Trends

.1. INTRODUCTION Covid-19 has devasted economies worldwide. Households and businesses have been struggling to stay afloat while under lockdown, as the virus continues to force governments to delicately balance between saving the economy and saving lives. According to the Wall Street Journal, South Africa’s economy shrank by 51% in the second quarter, which is said … Read more

Mental Health Impact of COVID-19: Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Exacerbation – Case Report

The world has been ravaged by the coronavirus pandemic and apart from its impact on physical health of humans ,the mental health is also being affected adversely. One such disease which coronavirus pandemic was anticipated to show its effects on is the Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, as exacerbation of OCD symptoms has been reported following previous … Read more

Job Analysis in the Age of COVID-19: Repurposing, Redesigning, and Enlarging Jobs

The global economy is seeing an uncharted complexity and fresh worrisome situations in this pandemic. Companies are being forced to take up a new challenge of completely re-designing majority of the nature of their work. The operating modules cannot exist as they were pre-pandemic and therefore require a creative revision. Compassion for workforce and their … Read more

COVID-19 Pandemic Costs world economy $280 Billion: The Need for Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Nigeria’s ICT Sector

The COVID-19 disease was characterized as a pandemic (the highest level of health emergency) by the World Health Organization (WHO) in March of 2020. The Centre for Disease Control (CDC) defines a pandemic as a global outbreak of a disease that happens when a new virus emerges and usually presents an alarming health crisis. In … Read more

Work from Home: Impact on Productivity and Employee Effort

The year 2020 brought upon many challenges to individuals. One including the need for many to work remotely from their homes. For many people this was a huge change in their lifestyle, the inability to step outside the house without fearing of catching the coronavirus was a huge and an ongoing challenge present in many … Read more

Understanding Bioterrorism and Biological Warfare: Threats and Categorization

The threat of biological warfare seems to conquer everyone!! However, what we understand by bioterrorism is use of biological weapons against human population for mainly destructions, which is a matter of concern. The draft Model State Emergency Health Powers Act of 2001, which is a document designed to guide legislative bodies as they draft laws … Read more

Role of Mass Media in Disseminating Information on Covid-19 Prevention in Nigeria

The main purpose of the mass media is to disseminate information on the prevention of the Covid-19 pandemic in Nigeria thereby meeting the society’s information demands, although much of the material is not from a credible source or is inaccurate. This is a serious issue. Because of the government’s lockdown policy, online newspapers have become … Read more

Self-Medication in the Time of COVID-19: A Distress Response or an Emerging Medical Challenge?

A novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) was first described in Wuhan, China in December 2019 by the World Health Organization (WHO). Since it was declared as a global pandemic on March 12, 2020, the disease has spread across 221 countries and territories around the world (WHO, 2021). There have been 225, 166, 539 confirmed cases of … Read more

The Strengths and Weaknesses of Jollibee as a Fast Food Company in the Philippines

Strengths S1 – Customer Loyalty Filipinos adore Jollibee, and they keep returning to it. It will always hold a special place in their hearts, no matter how many restaurants they have visited. To back up these claims, Jollibee was named Asiamoney’s Most Outstanding Company in the Philippines in 2019. Jollibee’s current success could well be … Read more

The Role of Media and Communication in Public Health during the COVID-19 Pandemic

In December 2019, in a matter of weeks, a new pathogen emerged that triggered the largest global health crisis to date. The SARSCoV2 virus causes a coronavirus disease that the World Health Organization (WHO) has named COVID19. As the infection spreads rapidly around the world, public concern is growing, and several unknown facts about this … Read more

Understanding the Impact of COVID-19 on Mental Health: The Prevalence of Self-Medication Practices in the Philippines

CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION A novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) was first described in Wuhan, China in December 2019 by the World Health Organization (WHO). Since it was declared as a global pandemic on March 12, 2020, the disease has spread across 221 countries and territories around the world (WHO, 2021). There have been 225, 166, 539 … Read more

Challenges Faced in Conducting Research on Social Cash Transfer Program During COVID-19 Pandemic

1.8 Limitation The researcher encountered some challenges in carrying out the study due to global crisis of COVID-19 pandemic popularly known as Coronavirus, which has ravaged global economic situations and has led to limiting movements simply because of slow paced economic activities as a result of lockdowns. However, to this effect participants were equally difficulty … Read more

The Significance of Coinfections in Medical Research and Diagnostics

Abstract Coinfections are increasingly becoming a point of interest for research and medical diagnostics due to their global prevalence. Studies of coinfections have shown that they can accelerate disease progression and lead to higher mortality rates. During the current COVID-19 pandemic, coinfections have special significance because of the role they have been reported to play … Read more