Comprehensive Report: Socio-Economic Impact of COVID-19 in the UK

This report examines the multifaceted impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the United Kingdom, focusing on its effects on public health, economic stability, and social dynamics. It details how the pandemic has strained the UK's healthcare system, leading to the reallocation of resources and significant disruptions in service delivery. The report also highlights the economic downturn, including a substantial drop in GDP and the challenges faced by various sectors. Furthermore, it explores the social implications of lockdowns and social distancing measures, affecting personal interactions and community life. The analysis includes statistical data and charts to illustrate the severity of the pandemic's impact, while also noting the government's efforts to mitigate these effects through vaccination programs and economic policies. This document provides a comprehensive overview of the challenges and changes experienced by the UK during the COVID-19 crisis.

Basic Statistics and ICT
skills

Contents
Contents...........................................................................................................................................2
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................1
Covid – 19 in UK.........................................................................................................................1
Impact of COVID-19 on healthcare in the UK............................................................................3
Impact of COVID-19 on economy of the UK.............................................................................4
Impact of COVID-19 on social life.............................................................................................5
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................6
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................6
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................8

INTRODUCTION
The prepared report below outlines the impact of COVID-19 on individuals living in the
UK. It talks about specific regions that have been affected and faced difficulties in a pandemic
situation. This includes the country's public activities, monetary life and medical services.
Examining the effects of COVID-19 on these everyday issues and discussing the concerns of the
country's population. It also sheds light on new circumstances that have occurred as a result of
this pandemic. Completed using measurements to better clarify and apply charts and contours to
show the impact of the pandemic on individuals in the UK and difficulties across the country,
particularly the healthcare sector. This report provides an overview of COVID-19 and its
properties in the UK and its people, and how the country is dealing with the situation (Kim, Ahn
and Kim, 2019).
TASK 1
Covid – 19 in UK.
The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic are being felt around the world. In shocking
circumstances, it shifted the country from one side of the globe to the other. The pandemic has
affected society, money and society, every circle in the UK and its environmental factors in
horrific ways. Every legislature around the world is working to improve the existing situation in
their respective countries. Likewise, the UK is working to change all the strategies, exercises and
management it can offer and cooperate with its relatives. This is an extreme phase for every
country in the world, but unique to a country as proactive as the UK. As its population includes
individuals from different countries and different continents.
Every prudent step that may be taken to advance the dire situation that exists in the main
wave of COVID-19. Today, the UK has expanded at all levels all health and safety measures for
individuals entering the country from different countries. Because it doesn't want to face more
health challenges, as healthcare services could again damage the country, the economy and
healthcare in a pandemic fashion.
The pandemic has prompted the country to triage much of its functional changes online and
leave employees with fewer and fewer employees in the event of a disconnect. The UK has
likewise required enormous effort to create and assemble immunisations for the COVID-19
pandemic. It has worked enormously with its health service community, experts and researchers

to promote COVID-19 vaccination as soon as time permits, as people living in the UK are global
and massive. This has resulted in an unusually rapid spread of an epidemic, where the ability to
focus attention requires a very limited release in a timely manner. The pandemic has affected
every sphere of personal life in the UK, including money, society, wellbeing, training and
psychology. One component that has been profoundly affected is the financial part. It has
brought about a decline in the lifestyle of individuals living in the UK, large numbers of workers
have been laid off, wage rates have fallen and business levels have dropped to extremely low
levels. The addition of these numerous elements has largely influenced the presence of
individuals living in the UK (Kumar and Kumara, 2018).
2

As the chart above shows, the number of passes in the UK has been decreasing. These cases
expanded rapidly during the main COVID-19 boom, but the relapse rate of their expansion began
to decline over time. This is happening because the country is creating and delivering high-
quality management to patients. In any case, the ensuing wave was insane for Britain anyway
and left extremely important results and conditions for the United Kingdom. The number of
cases in 2021 has decisively contributed to the abnormal deterioration of the medical situation in
the country. Prevalence did decline due to significant health industry and considerations.
Impact of COVID-19 on healthcare in the UK.
Only 33% of people of Uk have the option to realise and oversee their clinic office during
the peak of the COVID-19 wave. The scientists found that despite ignoring higher degree
requirements, individuals at different pay levels actually received equal access to NHS health
services. In any case, even at the peak of the first wave, people with high salaries could easily
attend meetings with ordinary specialists and better access treatment and clinical helplines. The
UK has quickly dealt with the reallocation of its healthcare assets in the country to fit all the
country's framework of well-being and social considerations. The NHS in the UK has changed
their administration to serve all COVID-19 patients in the country. Healthcare in the UK has all
but collapsed due to the impact of the pandemic. While the country was proactive and prepared
for any well-being crisis, it was not prepared for such a galactic-scale pandemic. It has sparked a
3

lot of troubling repercussions, defaults, and a lot of confusion, as medical services all but
collapsed between the admissions of the patients they could satisfy and the admissions of the
patients they had. As the chart below shows, there were 4,319,128 Covid episodes and 126,445
passes. This means that individuals at level 2.9 are unfit to recover from the disease; in any case,
the rest have recovered or are recovering sufficiently. A shocking 3,748,042 people in the UK
have recovered from illness as they performed shields to protect their own health and the health
of their health business (Lovaglio and et.al., 2018).
Impact of COVID-19 on economy of the UK.
The huge downturn inflicted on the UK economy by the pandemic is huge in this day and
age. The country's gross domestic product fell by 9.7% in 2020. The largest decline began
around 1948, equivalent to the decline that occurred in 1921, but based on informal conditions.
During the main wave, GDP in February 2020 fell by 25% compared to GDP two months ago.
With the ensuing wave of COVID-19 and the continued lockdowns that followed, the economy
and GDP continued to decline. This has led to a dramatic decline in the lifestyle of individuals in
the UK. Regardless, the economy is heading into the spring of 2021. In any case, the
development of the UK economy slowed again in late spring and the harvest time of 2021. The
pandemic has affected different areas of the economy to varying degrees. The chart below
depicts the sharp drop in GDP due to the pandemic and the slow re-growth of the UK economy
(Okeji, Tralagba and Obi, 2019).
4

Impact of COVID-19 on social life.
Public activity in the UK has been hit hard due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The idea of
social distancing, ongoing lockdowns and different factors in the spread of infection influence
social relationships between gatherings and individuals. Regardless, the pandemic has impacted
discreet communication in web-based media and expanded discussions that are starting to
happen discreetly across the globe. Still, the low-paying party has been socially influenced in the
most ruthless way possible. They face many social difficulties in accommodation, clinical or
everyday settings. Although vaccination actually helped the country regain its actual connection
and truly connect again. However, this is a great opportunity to effectively use the online mixed
language environment to help individuals thrive psychologically in such situations (Quaicoe and
Pata, 2018).
5

TASK 2
Attached in Excel
TASK 3
Attached in PPT
6

CONCLUSION
From the above report it can be inferred that the prevailing pandemic situation in the market
has caused social, monetary and financial damage to businesses. It can be seen that the state has
been working hard to improve the individual. Different advances have been taken to improve the
monetary strategy and welfare framework.
7

REFERENCES
Books and Journals:
Atman Uslu, N. and Usluel, Y.K., 2019. Predicting technology integration based on a conceptual
framework for ICT use in education. Technology, Pedagogy and Education, 28(5),
pp.517-531.
Casillas Martín, S., Cabezas González, M. and García Peñalvo, F.J., 2020. Digital competence of
early childhood education teachers: attitude, knowledge and use of ICT. European
Journal of Teacher Education, 43(2), pp.210-223.
Espinoza, R. and Reznikova, L., 2020. Who Can Log In? the Importance of Skills for the
Feasibility of Teleworking Arrangements across OECDCountries. Available at SSRN
3712867.
Haftu, G.G., 2019. Information communications technology and economic growth in Sub-
Saharan Africa: A panel data approach. Telecommunications Policy, 43(1), pp.88-99.
Hossain, M.A. and Sormunen, E., 2019. ICT skills of Library and Information Science (LIS)
students in Bangladesh. International Information & Library Review, 51(4), pp.285-
299.
Juhaňák, L. and et.al., 2019. The relationship between the age at first computer use and students'
perceived competence and autonomy in ICT usage: A mediation analysis. Computers &
Education, 141, p.103614.
Kim, H.S., Ahn, S.H. and Kim, C.M., 2019. A new ICT literacy test for elementary and middle
school students in republic of Korea. The Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 28(3),
pp.203-212.
Kumar, B.S. and Kumara, S.S., 2018. The digital divide in India: Use and non-use of ICT by
rural and urban students. World Journal of Science, Technology and Sustainable
Development.
Lovaglio, P.G. and et.al., 2018. Skills in demand for ICT and statistical occupations: Evidence
from web‐based job vacancies. Statistical Analysis and Data Mining: The ASA Data
Science Journal, 11(2), pp.78-91.
Nikolopoulou, K., Akriotou, D. and Gialamas, V., 2019. Early reading skills in english as a
foreign language via ict in greece: early childhood student teachers’ perceptions. Early
childhood education journal, 47(5), pp.597-606.
Okeji, C.C., Tralagba, E.C. and Obi, I.C., 2019. An investigation of the digital literacy skills and
knowledge-based competencies among librarians working in university libraries in
Nigeria. Global Knowledge, Memory and Communication.
Quaicoe, J.S. and Pata, K., 2018. Basic school teachers’ perspective to digital teaching and
learning in Ghana. Education and Information Technologies, 23(3), pp.1159-1173.
Rompho, N., 2020. The balanced scorecard for school management: Case study of Thai public
schools. Measuring Business Excellence, 24(3), pp.285-300.
Tavares, A.I., 2018. eHealth, ICT and its relationship with self-reported health outcomes in the
EU countries. International journal of medical informatics, 112, pp.104-113.
Valtonen, T. and et.al., 2018. Differences in pre‐service teachers' knowledge and readiness to use
ICT in education. Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 34(2), pp.174-182.
8