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Background: The biggest pandemic of this decade has caused global, social, and economic disruption(1). Misinformation spread via news and social media has created widespread xenophobia, discrimination, fear, misbehavior to people, doctors, other health care workers(2). All these factors put a huge burden on the mental health of the population. In this background, we tried to assess the awareness about covid 19 after about one year of struggle during the second wave. Methodology: An anonymous questionnaire was prepared by the Department of Psychiatry of College of Medicine & Sagore Dutta Hospital,Kolkata. The Questionnaire includes basic knowledge of the people, epidemiological characteristics, anxiety, and depression. The Questionnaire circulated through the online platform. Responses were recorded in the excel sheet. Result(s): Most of the respondents (594, 98.7%) know that Covid 19 is a viral disease. 82.6% (497) people believe that the most important aspect of this disease is infectivity and not mortality (93,15.4%). 80.6% believe that hand washing, social distancing, lockdown all three are essential in containing the disease. Most of the participants were happy with the steps taken by Government. Discussion(s): Most of the participants in this study knew that covid 19 is a viral infection and the important aspect of the disease is infectivity, not mortality. So the majority of the persons were aware of the basic pathology of the disease. And they believe that safety measures will restrict disease.Copyright © 2023, Institute of Medico-legal Publication. All rights reserved.
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Introduction: The Covid 19 pandemic was first officially noted in China in late 2019. After that, the virus spread globally. At that time it was a new virus and we did know nothing about the virus. So lock down or home confinement was the only option to control the spread of the virus(1). During that time children suffered the most as they were confined at home(2). During this period they showed various behavioural problems and when restrictions were withdrawn they still showed some behavioural issues. Methodology: We conducted a cross-sectional study using an English questionnaire. The questionnaire was validated by five independent psychiatrists who were finally excluded from the study. Responses from the parents of randomly selected 76 children were recorded. We included the children aged between 3 to 12 years and who previously used to go to school. Result(s): 40.8 % of children were of 6 to 10 years of age and the male and females were almost equal in number in our study (M: F = 40:36). Maximum children are from urban residences (about 59.2%) and the nuclear family (56.6%) followed by joint families (38.2%) and single-parent families (5.3%). In most of the cases (61.8%) father is the only earning member followed by both parents working (34.2%) and in only 3.9% of cases, the mother is the only earning member of the family. About 76.3% of parents observed behavioural issues in their children. The problems were mostly observed in 6 to 10 yrs of age. Males showed the problem most often than females (M:F = 33:25). Children from urban areas showed behavioural problems more often. Discussion(s): Most of the parents reported that their children were having different sorts of problems during this period(3). The families of small children aged 6 to 10 yrs of age were facing various problems more often. The children of this age group showed problems more often as they were isolated at home. Previously they were in the discipline of school and society. Due to the sudden release of pressure, all routine activities got disturbed. Copyright © 2022, Institute of Medico-legal Publication. All rights reserved.
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The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends social distance as a way to keep COVID-19 from spreading in public settings. People are being advised to limit their contact with one another in order to reduce the risk of illness transmission through manual or direct interaction. To guarantee social separating convention out in the open spots and workplaces, a social distancing detection tool that analyses real-time video inputs from the camera to see if the humans are keeping a safe distance from each other, by investigating from CCTV, Checking People at factories, gyms, platform, workplaces, shops we can incorporate this tools to their surveillance camera frameworks and can screen whether individuals are staying away from one another or not. The Output is utilized for figuring the distance between each pair of individuals identified. This methodology of social distancing calculation will red mark the individual who is approaching an acceptable limit. © 2021 IEEE.
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With the emergence of Covid-19, as more people got affected by the fatal disease, the demand for a device to measure the oxygen content in our body has grown up. Due to unavailability of effective treatments, the outcome for critically ill Covid-19 patients depends on the availability of supportive medical care. In the current scenario of limited resources, it is important to identify patients who require close monitoring and serious care, including supplementary oxygen. The rapid spread of this virus as a global pandemic has brought in prodigious challenges to the healthcare system. Several oximeters are currently available on the market that can be utilized for this purpose. However, because they are powered by batteries, their performance degrades over time as the battery drains. In comparison to the widely utilized IR sensor in pulse oximeters, the MAX sensor employed in the suggested device is better. During the second wave of Covid-19, as more people got affected by this life-threatening illness, India witnessed a surge in the demand for oxygen supply. In light of this, apart from the oximeter, we have also suggested a methodology to construct a DIY oxygen generator that can be made using easily available materials in case of an emergency. Water has a chemical formula H2O which can be broken into its constitutional elements H2 and O2. Water is already rich in hydroxide ions but adding sodium bicarbonate as a catalyst raises the OH-concentration even more, allowing it to be utilized as an electrolyte. This paper aims to design a technique to develop both these devices cost-effectively and reliably. © 2021 IEEE.