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Environmental challenges of COVID-19 pandemic: Resilience and sustainability - A review.

ABSTRACT: The emergence of novel respiratory disease (COVID-19) caused by SARS-CoV-2 has become a public health emergency worldwide, subsequently causing distressing consequences on the world economy and ecosystem services. Despite growing facts reported in the literature on the presence of SARS-CoV-2 in different environmental compartments, the virus's transmission via environmental routes, and challenges caused by the COVID-19 pandemic on the environment, no prior study has comprehensively reviewed the bidirectional relationship between COVID-19 and the environment. This review's objective is to emphasize the relationship between the environment and the SARS-CoV-2 virus/COVID-19 and how those two factors interact to affect each other. Evidence-based knowledge displayed here clearly demonstrates the presence of SARS-CoV-2 in soil and water, denoting the role of the environment in the COVID-19 transmission process. However, the majority of studies fail to determine if the viral genomes they have discovered are infectious, which could be affected by the environmental factors in which they are found. Water pollution, chemical contamination, increased production of non-biodegradable waste, and single-use plastics are the environmental impacts of the pandemic that have acquired the most attention in the literature. With some drawbacks, efficient measures have been used to address the current environmental challenges from COVID-19, including the use of environmentally friendly disinfection technologies and employing measures to reduce the production of plastic wastes, such as the reuse and recycling of plastics. Potential solutions to combat the environmental concerns that arise from COVID-19 should be vastly studied in future research. In conclusion, future initiatives, in response to a public health emergency should strike a balance between public health and environmental safety, as the two are closely intertwined.

SUBMITTER: Ekanayake A

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9576205 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Environmental challenges of COVID-19 pandemic: resilience and sustainability - A review.

Ekanayake Anusha A Rajapaksha Anushka Upamali AU Hewawasam Choolaka C Anand Uttpal U Bontempi Elza E Kurwadkar Sudarshan S Biswas Jayanta Kumar JK Vithanage Meththika M

Environmental research 20221017 Pt 2

The emergence of novel respiratory disease (COVID-19) caused by SARS-CoV-2 has become a public health emergency worldwide and perturbed the global economy and ecosystem services. Many studies have reported the presence of SARS-CoV-2 in different environmental compartments, its transmission via environmental routes, and potential environmental challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. None of these studies have comprehensively reviewed the bidirectional relationship between the COVID-19 pandemic ...[more]

PMID: 36257453

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Environmental challenges of COVID-19 pandemic: Resilience and sustainability - A review.

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