Socio-economic Challenges of Covid 19: A Review in Saudi Arabia Analysis 2022

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Socio-economic Challenges of Covid 19: A Review in Saudi Arabia
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SOCIO-ECONOMIC CHALLENGES OF COVID 19: A REVIEW IN SAUDI ARABIA1
Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................2
Background of Covid 19..................................................................................................................2
Situation Analysis............................................................................................................................4
Analysis and future predictions.......................................................................................................5
Recommendations............................................................................................................................6
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................7
Reference.........................................................................................................................................8

SOCIO-ECONOMIC CHALLENGES OF COVID 19: A REVIEW IN SAUDI ARABIA2
Introduction
The outbreak of Coronavirus or Covid 19 this year all around the world taking huge toll
on the human civilization. Almost each and every country is fighting to contain the spread of
coronavirus and taking various measures. Countries are hurt both socially and economically.
Economists are estimating that along with adverse impact on the health of the people the
pandemic is going to affect the world economy more adversely than the recession occurred in
2008. The report however focuses on the case of Saudi Arabia only and discusses the impact of
Covid 19 outbreak in the country. The country is an emerging economy characterized with high
income. Thus, it is possible that the country can fund effectively to fight the adverse effects
caused by the Covid 19. Therefore, the report discusses the challenges Saudi Arabia might face
due to the outbreak of Covid 19. The challenges would be in both the social and economic front
and thus the report study in details the kind of challenges the country would be facing. Analysing
the challenges in both the fronts the report recommends polices that would help the country to
deal with the situation and the overcome the challenges.
Background of Covid 19
Covid 19 is pneumonia like disease caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome
coronavirus 2 or SARS COV 2. The first case of Covid 19 was diagnosed in Wuhan, capital of
Hubei province in China in December 2019. It is contagious disease and it spreads from an
infected person to others if people come in close contact with the victim. It means that if a person
come in atleast 1 meter distance from the Covid 19 infected person then chance of getting
infected by the disease increased by manifolds. The primary symptoms of the disease are similar
to flu since the victims infected with the virus are found to have cough, fatigue, fever and
shortness breathing. However, these symptoms are prominent during the initial days after