The outbreak of Corona Virus (COVID-19) has been a deadly pandemic that affected the whole world. The virus was first identified on 31st December, 2019 in Wuhan, China and the World Health Organization declared it a global pandemic in March, 2020 (WHO, 2020a). COVID-19 is a contagious disease caused by a novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV), different from SARS-CoV and MERS-CoV (Wang, 2020). The deadly virus mainly affects the human respiratory system causing difficulty in breathing due to the reduction in oxygen level which ultimately leads to pneumonia. The affected person has symptoms of common cold, cough, sneezing, loss of smell and taste, fatigue, pale skin etc. This viral infection affected almost millions of people in some way or the other. As it is a contagious disease, the people who were affected were isolated from the rest of society. COVID-19 has rapidly affected the day-to-day life, businesses, disrupted the world trade and movements. The pandemic has shaken all the continents of the world leaving the world in a dark and grim situation.

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The economic and social disruption caused by the pandemic is devastating. The outbreak of COVID-19 brought social and economic life to a standstill due to the lockdown imposed all around the world. The pandemic has had a multi-sectorial impact as the economic activities slowed down. Restrictions on travel hampered the movement of perishable goods causing huge losses to the businesses. The various industries and sectors were affected by the cause of this disease including the pharmaceutical industries, solar power sector, tourism and information and electronics industry (Abid and Javaid, 2020). The employment opportunity in cities and towns came down to nil and leads to a miserable lifestyle. The virus created a significant knock-on effect on the daily life of citizens, as well as about the global economy.
The pandemic brought a complex array of challenges which had mental repercussions for everyone, including children and adolescents. Restrictive measures such as isolation/quarantine, social distancing and the closure of educational institutes, workplaces and entertainment venues affected the mental health of people which leads to anger, frustration, loneliness and depressive symptoms among them (Kunal et al., 2021). The pandemic had a serious impact on migrated population due to the restrictions on travelling from one country to another country as during travelling, numbers of cases were identified positive when tested. The imposition of lockdown had a severe social impact on society. The impact of pandemic had been distressing and changed how humans perform their daily routine. The lockdown had affected much on women compared to men through the increased burden of unpaid work (Priyanshi, 2020). In addition, many women had faced domestic violence including emotional, physical and sexual abuse (Mahlangu et al., 2022). There were less awareness of the seriousness of the disease and severity of viral impact. An unaware situation created negligence in the minds of the people, as they did not listen to the government plea immediately. Further, false facts and rumours continued about the vaccines that caused vaccine hesitancy in the people.

The complete lockdown of educational institutions severely impacted the education system worldwide. The United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) recognized that the COVID-19 pandemic impacted the education system in the world (UNESCO, 2020). Both students and teachers were facing problems during online education. Lack of facilities like gadgets, poor or no connectivity of the internet, technological illiteracy, external destruction and family interruption were the major issues noticed during online education. Many below poverty line children who were regularly nourished with the help of midday meals were unable to fulfil their hunger due to closed educational institutions. . ................see more