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Takian A^{1, 2, 3} ; Haghighi H¹ ; Raoofi A¹
Source: Environmental and Health Management of Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Published:2021

Abstract

COVID-19 has become the biggest global challenge since World War II, which has disrupted all aspects of human life worldwide. The numerous uncertainties, unpredictable direction of the pandemic, and psychological, social, economic, political, cultural, humanitarian, and development consequences of the pandemic have led to the most dangerous threat to health, social welfare, global economy, and well-being in recent history. The Secretary-General of the United Nations has called pandemic “the most challenging crisis since World War II” that can negatively affect all efforts to achieve the sustainable development goals (SDGs) over the years. The pandemic has already returned the economy of a number of industrialized nations back to 20years ago. © 2021 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.