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The purpose of this work is to analyze the current state of water resources, a year having elapsed since the state of emergency generated by the COVID 19 pandemic was decreed, developing the following aspects, water resources before the pandemic, measures implemented during the pandemic, methodology for assessing environmental impacts and impacts of the measures implemented during the pandemic on water resources. The methodology set out by Conesa (1997) was taken as a basis, from which five criteria were selected, specifically, nature, intensity, extension, moment and synergy, and these were applied to the five most restrictive measures implemented during the COVID 19 pandemic, obtaining as results that the measure with the highest score is the temporary closure of borders with 100 and the measure with the lowest score is wearing a mask with 38.75. While the total score is 356.25, which translates into a moderate impact on water resources.
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The purpose of this scientific note is to discuss the impact of the COVID 19 pandemic on environmental conditions, expressed in terms of how the strategic measures implemented by the state, specifically mandatory social isolation, have affected aspects, such as water from rivers, atmospheric conditions, plant species, animal species and waste generation. This analysis allows us to conclude that the confinement measures have favored the decrease in pollution levels, evidenced by the greater presence of fish in rivers, clarity of the atmosphere, greenery and regeneration of plant species, and an increase in the volume of non-reusable waste.
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The impact of an educational guidance program through social networks on three dimensions related to the COVID- 19 pandemic was evaluated, in subjects living in the urban area of the province of Chachapoyas, Peru, during the period September-December 2020. The program consisted of in the dissemination through social networks of up-todate scientific information on the etiology, prevention and therapy of the disease, and the transfer of mental techniques to protect emotional health, through accessible and enjoyable communication strategies. The dimensions studied were level of knowledge about the pandemic, care and preventive measures, and the management of emotional health, using a 12-item Likert-type instrument that was applied before and after the execution of the program. The scores achieved by each of the dimensions were compared, those observed between the dimensions, and the uniformity of the opinions of the subjects in each dimension was also measured both before and after. An increase in the score was found in each of the dimensions after the application of the program, being statistically significant for the management of emotional health. Significant differences were observed in the scores between the three dimensions both before and after, with greater force in that of care and preventive measures. The program also produced uniformity in the opinions of the subjects on each of the dimensions. These results suggest that the transfer of knowledge and healthy methods through social networks to teach people to take care of COVID-19 is a viable and potentially sustainable strategy.