The Effects of the COVID-19 on Our Daily Lives in Bangladesh

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic originated from Wuhan, China, spread around the world with horror and dramatic loss of human life. The economic and social catastrophe has made it even more irresistible. An attempt has been made to find out what kind of psychological and livelihood-related impacts Covid-19 has had on our daily lives. Data had been collected through convenient online surveys where 344 respondents were interviewed. Most of the respondents reported the reduction of movement, income and working hours. The majority reported a noticeable decrease in sleep, health condition and body weight due to the increase of tension where some tensed more. Corona can be avoided by drinking hot water and tea, this idea had increased the amount of hot water and tea consumed by the common people. Many of those who lost their jobs were distressed and others also were distressed at the thought of how long they would stay. The most frightening thing was that the addiction to the virtual world had increased dramatically.

COVID-19: introduction of a new lifestyle and diet among the Malaysians

“…In contrast to the quantity of time spent on indoor sporting activities, were somewhat increased. On the contrary, Pitol et al ( 2022 ) found the opposite result in Bangladesh. Moreover, religious activities, BMI, Internet shopping, sleeping time, anxiety, caffeine consumption, medical consumption, watching movies, and watching drama series increased slightly during COVID-19.…”

“…The most alarming thing was that Generation –Z was addicted to the virtual world, like online games (PUBG., free fire, Clash of Clans, etc. ), movies, dramas, Facebook, YouTube, and so on (Pitol et al 2022 ). The condition was more severe during the COVID-19 lockdown due to academic delay (Agnew et al 2019 ) and uncertain careers (Sahu 2020 ) for Generation Z.…”

“…The stay-at-home condition was harmful to physical and mental health, increasing the chance of heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes, obesity, and so on. The fear of COVID-19, such as sudden isolation, the anxiety of death, losing loved ones, and starvation, has fragile the mental and physical health, as well as the social and economic life of people (Pitol et al 2022 ; Rajkumar 2020 ; Shammi et al 2020 ; UN, 2020). Working from home, temporary unemployment, homeschooling children, and a lack of physical touch with other family members, relatives, and peers are all new realities that require time to adjust to (Abdull Rahman et al 2021 , 2022; Hossain et al 2021 ; Pitol et al 2022 ; Patwary et al 2020 , 2021 , 2022 a b, c; Yong and Sia 2021 ).…”

“…The fear of COVID-19, such as sudden isolation, the anxiety of death, losing loved ones, and starvation, has fragile the mental and physical health, as well as the social and economic life of people (Pitol et al 2022 ; Rajkumar 2020 ; Shammi et al 2020 ; UN, 2020). Working from home, temporary unemployment, homeschooling children, and a lack of physical touch with other family members, relatives, and peers are all new realities that require time to adjust to (Abdull Rahman et al 2021 , 2022; Hossain et al 2021 ; Pitol et al 2022 ; Patwary et al 2020 , 2021 , 2022 a b, c; Yong and Sia 2021 ). However, it seemed that the mental and physical health condition varied for various demographic (age, family type, education level, marital status, occupation, etc.)…”

Covid-19: Introduction of a new lifestyle and diet among the Malaysians

“…The most alarming thing was that Generation -Z was addicted to the virtual world, like online games (PUBG., free re, Clash of Clans, etc. ), movies, dramas, Facebook, YouTube, and so on(Pitol et al 2022). The condition was more severe during the COVID-19 lockdown due to academic delay(Agnew et al 2019) and uncertain careers(Sahu, 2020) for Generation Z.However, the professional expeditions were somewhat reduced, and a decrease followed in time spent participating in outdoor activities.Foo et al (2020) and Harris et al (2022) explored that the execution of MCO and CMCO caused the revocation of many professional trips and outdoor activities and introduced work-from-home lifestyles.…”