Risk and Protective Factors for Adolescent and Young Adult Mental Health Within the Context of COVID-19: A Perspective From Nepal
On December 31, 2019, the World Health Organization (WHO) was alerted about a cluster of pneumonia cases of unknown etiology in Wuhan, China [1]. By January 12, 2020, China had shared the genetic sequence of a novel coronavirus [2], later named severe acute coronavirus syndrome 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the etiological agent of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) [3]. Until today, the virus has spread to more than 200 countries, causing over 1.5 million cases and over 100,000 deaths [4]. COVID-19 was declared first a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) [5] and later a pandemic disease [6] by the WHO.
Source: Journal of Adolescent Health - Category: Child Development Authors: Vinita Sharma, Miguel Reina Ortiz, Nandita Sharma Tags: Letter to the editor Source Type: research
More News: Child Development | China Health | Coronavirus | COVID-19 | Emergency Medicine | Genetics | International Medicine & Public Health | Men | Nepal Health | Pandemics | Pneumonia | SARS | WHO