LETTERS TO THE EDITOR / LETTER TO THE EDITOR
COVID-19 PANDEMIC AND WOMEN
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Department of Psychiatry, 166 Military Hospital, Jammu, India
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Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Level III IFH, United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Goma, the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Submission date: 2021-06-10
Acceptance date: 2021-06-16
Publication date: 2021-06-23
Health Prob Civil. 2021;15(3):161-163
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After its modest start in Wuhan in December 2019, the single strand of RNA has wreaked havoc in the social, political, economic and psychological realms of the world. Although the Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) did not discriminate against any race, caste, religion, socio-economic class etc., the devastating effects of pandemic and consequent lockdowns have disproportionately affected the women worldwide. In the beginning of the pandemic, it was expected that men would be affected more owing to their gender role of venturing out of home to earn for their families.
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