Year: 2021
Type: editorial
Abstract: Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) is a virus belonging to the Nidovirales, Coronaviridae family, which was first reported in humans in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China in 2019 (WHO, 2020a).Because it causes respiratory disease of an infectious nature that requires social distancing and other preventive measures, people who have been affected by the disease have been the target of social stigma.Covid-19 was attested as a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) in March 2020, and the most affected countries are the United States, Brazil, and Mexico.In Brazil, it is estimated that 8,697,368 people have already contracted the new coronavirus, with 59,119 people having the number of new cases of the disease, which results in a total of 214,147 deaths as of January 21, 2021(BRASIL, 2021).The increasing number of cases worries health authorities, since the human and material resources to promote recovery, especially in the most serious cases, are considered complex, which can culminate in the collapse of the health system (WHO, 2020b).To ensure high complexity beds, used for the care needed for infected people, government entities mobilized to expand the number of these beds structured in
Source: Physis Revista de Saúde Coletiva
Institution: Universidade Federal da Bahia
Language: English
Topic: COVID-19 and Mental Health
Subfield: Clinical Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W3154414081