Covid-19 pandemic: Is it tip of the iceberg?

Kajal S 1 * and Anam A 2

1 Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head-Neck Surgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
2 Department of Gastroenterology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
 
Mini-review
GSC Biological and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2020, 11(03), 224-225.
Article DOI: 10.30574/gscbps.2020.11.3.0193
Publication history: 
Received on 19 June 2020; revised on 25 June 2020; accepted on 27 June 2020
 
Abstract: 
The current COVID-19 pandemic has affected our daily lives and routine to a large extent. Be it our over-burdened health related services or fear of economic loss on a larger scale, this pandemic has affected everyone in some way or the other. No doubt that those getting infected with this virus are being affected the most but still there is a huge population which is not infected with this virus. This group of population is suffering due to its pre-existing illness/disease which is not being addressed currently because of various unavoidable measures like lockdown taken up by many governments across the world. This stratum of population may be hidden as of now but it will eventually pop-out when the current pandemic gets over or is slowed down and this may lead to another health crisis post COVID-19 pandemic. 
 
Keywords: 
COVID-19; Coronavirus; pandemic; public health
 
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