Post-COVID-19 precautions based on lessons learned from past pandemics: a review.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

In view of the spread of the contagious coronavirus disease (COVID-19) globally, the present review focuses on the details of past pandemic diseases, along with comparisons and lessons learned. A general awareness of COVID-19 infection is addressed, and it is compared with the Spanish flu pandemic. Based on the successes, failures and lessons learned in the past, governmental efforts must be undertaken to empower citizens by providing accurate information and implementing post-COVID-19 precautions that need to be taken now to stop the spread and recurrence of the virus locally, and to restore health and economic normalcy.

Methods

A detailed literature survey of past pandemics is undertaken in order to extract the successes, failures and lessons learned from previous brea

SUBMITTER: Munnoli PM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7402078 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature