COVID-19 Impact Reduction: Creative Solutions and Recommendations

This report addresses the impact of COVID-19 and proposes creative solutions to mitigate its effects. It begins with an overview of the disease, including its spread, symptoms, and the current lack of specific treatments or vaccines. The report then delves into fact-finding, highlighting the importance of preventative measures such as hygiene, avoiding smoking, and maintaining a clean environment. Idea finding emphasizes the role of personal responsibility, including hygiene, and the importance of environmental protection. The report then transitions into solution finding, advocating for mobile applications for symptom detection, community surveys to gather innovative ideas, government-led initiatives like plantation drives, and online healthcare programs. The conclusion summarizes the key takeaways, emphasizing individual and governmental actions for prevention and control of the disease. References to scientific articles are included to support the findings.

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Table of Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................2
Fact Finding...............................................................................................................................2
Idea Finding...............................................................................................................................3
Solution Finding.........................................................................................................................4
Conclusion..................................................................................................................................5
References..................................................................................................................................6

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Introduction
The paper will focus on how to reduce the impact of COVID-19 in daily life. The
paper has developed creative solutions to reduce the impact of this disease.
Recommendations for the government has been also discussed in the paper.
Fact Finding
The novel coronavirus diseases which is also known as COVID-19 disease has been
identified as the outbreak or respiratory illness in all over the world. The diseases has spread
all over the world has affected nearly 176 countries and union territories. This disease is
rapidly evolving that is spreading from person to person. The virus that caused COVID-19
was first identified in the Wuhan region of China. The main cause of spreading is the close
contacts between the people (Ziff & Ziff, 2020). People making close contact with the
infected person has a greater risk of exposure to this disease. Currently, there are 219,345
cases and 8,969 death cases detected from COVID-19 outbreak till March 2019. New cases
are diagnosed by the doctor on a daily basis. The growth factor is calculated on the basis of
every day new cases of COVID-19/new cases on the previous day. Growth factor above 1
indicates that there is an increase in the figure. COVID-19 case is constantly growing with a
constant growth factor of above 1. Patients are also recoverable, but the rate of new cases is
more as compared to recoverable cases.

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Currently, there is no vaccine or specific treatment for COVID-19. This disease shows
a common symptoms of cough, fever and shortness of breath. In case of these symptoms the
person is advice to seek medical help and test the symptoms for the disease. The key lessons
from this is to take preventions other than getting a medical help (Bernheim et al., 2020). A
person must cover their coughs and sneezes and avoid sharing personal items with others.
Medical attention must be given in case of any type of illness. Sufficient isolation precautions
should be taken to prevent from the risk (Coronavirus. 2020). This disease is viral and is
different from other disease and hence to be appropriately taken care to prevent from this
viral spread.
Idea Finding
The novel virus is a serious threat to all the people across the world. It is very
important to control the viral spread and minimise the impact of this disease to every people.
Therefore, an individual must take sensitive care in their daily life. For preventing from
respiratory illness an individual must first of all stop smoking. Smoking may be also help the
disease to spread across a healthy individual. An individual must stop smoking to prevent
themselves from any respiratory illness that might destroy their immune system. Weak

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immune systems can be easily affected with this disease. The second this be hygienic and
stay in a clean environment. This doesnot only means respiratory hygiene, but also full body
and environmental hygiene. This might stop the harmful spread of the disease. Clean
environment will prevent from any type of disinfect surfaces or objects (World Health
Organization. 2020). An individual should also stop going to walking or playing, this will
stop them to have contact with the infected person. An individual can also started doing
plantation to reduce the impact of these infectious disease. This is because, world’s serious
disease comes from animal wildlife and insects. Deforestation forces this wildlife and
harmful insects to move from the forest and enter into the towns and cities. This can be the
cause of COVID-19 diseases, because it was identified that, COVID-19 was initially spread
from animals. Therefore, deforestation may be a factor of this infectious disease. Hence, an
individual is advised to do as much plantation for the prevention of such disease. This global
pandemic can be emerged from these wild animals and hence can be infectious to all over the
world. Apart of this individual must take care of their regular hygiene and sanitation. Wash of
hands, covering of mouth and nose in case of cough or sneeze, avoid touching of face and
staying at home during sick can prevent the viral spread of the disease.
Solution Finding
The basic solution for the prevention of this disease is to empower the citizen with
right information and to advise them with right precautions. Technologies like mobile
applications must be developed for the citizens so that an individual can detect themselves
from any type of COVID symptoms. This applications must also contain several methods and
steps to be followed in case of any positive symptom of the disease. In order to make aware
to the communities, a survey must be conducted regarding creative solutions from the
citizens, this might help to gain any idea for the pandemic problem (Pan et al., 2020). The
submitted responses or solution must be tested in the small market and the suitable one

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should be evaluated. Government should make compulsory of plantation of atleast 10 plant
from each family. Smokers should be advised to smoke in a hidden room which is not
exposed to any person. Distance learning programs should be started for children giving
board exams and other important competitive exams. This solution can support the children
to read and do their exams correctly. Massive online doctor facility for COVID-19 should be
driven in the programs. This programs will focus on health check-up of each and every
individual, every locality and every city. Health check-up programs for rural areas should be
set up for looking into the individual of rural areas who are not able to reach for health care
check-up or not having facilities of hospitals (Lo et al., 2020). This program will be
beneficial for the government to identify the COVID-19 victims and quickly aware others to
stay in contact with them.
Conclusion
Therefore, it can be concluded that, COVID-19 can be prevented by an individual by
maintain clean and hygiene environment. It is advised not to do smoking in the public place
and deforestation. These factor might be the cause of the viral spread of the disease. It is
recommended that, government must develop an application for early detection and must
initiate health check-up programs in every locality.

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