Covid-19 crisis in Romania - between perception and attitude

Abstract

The 2019–2020 coronavirus pandemic, also known as Covid-19, debuted on December 12, 2019 in downtown Wuhan, China, when a group of people with pneumonia of unknown cause appeared, was mainly linked by the owners of stalls working on the Huanan fish market, who also sold live animals. The virus presents evidence of person-to-person transmission, and the transmission rate (infection rate) appears to have escalated by mid-January. As measures to prevent the spread of the virus, Romania has adapted a strategy to prevent and control this situation, such as: cancellation or closure of air flights, cancellation of residential meetings, closure of large stores, mandatory self – quarantine of infected persons. Thus, institutions and factories were closed, with the exception of the vital institutions, the closure of churches, educational institutions, universities, sports halls. Awareness campaigns have been launched through the media and social media, the use of disinfectant materials to clean the hands, the use of protective masks and medical gloves, the sanitizing of neighborhoods and roads with cleaning materials. The objective of the study was to determine the effects of the new Coronavirus (COVID19) on the population, both in perception and in attitude. The sample consists of 244 persons and the data obtained after the application of the questionnaire were statistically processed, obtaining the following conclusions: most of the respondents consider that the information received about Covid-19 is correct, a smaller percentage believe that the news about the new Coronavirus are exaggerated; At the same time, the respondents affirm that they will respect all the measures that the Government imposes on them: they will stay at home, they will go out only to buy the necessary products, they will wear masks, gloves, they will wash their hands often. Moreover, most respondents believe that both the country's economy and their personal economy will have to suffer greatly during this period of crisis.

Lockdown, Social Media exposure regarding COVID‐19 and the relation with self‐assessment depression and anxiety. Is the medical staff different?

“…Specifically, neither anxiety nor depression was associated with exposure to COVID‐19 information on Facebook or LinkedIn. Younger Romanian population, mostly university students that answered a questionnaire at the beginning of the outbreak in Romania 19 (in March) follow the international trend, in contrast with the participants of this research, mostly holding already a university degree. This emphasises the fact that age is an influencer over Social Media behaviours 10…”

“…6 With an internet penetration of 80% and having 57% of the Romanian population active on Social Media platforms, 7 the information received through these channels increased the anxiety amongst the responders of a survey published in April, largely affecting their lives. 19 Half of the responders of the questionnaire issued by the Romanian Institute for Evaluation and Strategy read news about the pandemic through the Internet and Social Media. Out of which, more than two-thirds of the respondents stated that the news on the Internet about the coronavirus pandemic (COVID- 19) in Romania is not entirely reliable.…”

“…19 Half of the responders of the questionnaire issued by the Romanian Institute for Evaluation and Strategy read news about the pandemic through the Internet and Social Media. Out of which, more than two-thirds of the respondents stated that the news on the Internet about the coronavirus pandemic (COVID- 19) in Romania is not entirely reliable. Moreover, 13% of respondents…”

Brecha digital y nuevas formas académicas en la escuela rural española durante el confinamiento

“…Como consecuencia de la pandemia de COVID-19 muchos países han cerrado las instituciones educativas, al ser espacios donde se producen permanentemente interacciones sociales, lo que podría contribuir a elevar significativamente los contagios (Rus, Sandu y Tasențe, 2020). En España esta medida adoptada por el Gobierno se inició el 16 de marzo de 2020 y afectó a todos los estudiantes hasta el final de curso.…”

Public Perception of the First Major SARS-Cov-2 Outbreak in the Suceava County, Romania

“…The relationship between various sociodemographic characteristics (age, gender, level of education, occupation) has been analyzed both in the context of past epidemics [ 12 , 32 , 33 , 34 , 35 ] as well as in the current epidemiological context [ 11 , 36 , 37 , 38 ]. There are few studies that focus specifically on the spread and impact of the pandemic in Romania, focusing either on the perception and attitudes of the population towards the threat of the disease and the restrictions imposed by the authorities [ 39 ], or on changes in consumer behavior [ 40 , 41 , 42 ]; the economic impact [ 43 , 44 ] as well as the impact on the educational system have also been previously addressed [ 45 ].…”