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REVIEW ARTICLE
COVID-19 changed our world: A systematic

review

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Kuljeet Singh , Agar Chander Pushap , Gurinderjeet Kaur , Shikha Bharti ,
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Arjumand Jhon , Srishty Sudershan , Feroze Ahmed Dar ,
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Bashir Ahmad Sheikh , Mehraj Bashir , Showkat Ahmad Najar ,
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and Amrit Sudershan *
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1 Department of Computer Science, School of Sciences, CHRIST (Deemed to be University),
Delhi-NCR, Uttar Pradesh, India
2 Department of Education, Dakshina Bharat Hindi Prachar Sabha, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
3 Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology,
Patiala, India
4 Department of Zoology, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, Punjab, India
5 Department of Zoology, Central University of Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir, India
6 Department of Zoology, Sri Pratap College Srinagar, Cluster University of Srinagar, Kashmir,
Jammu & Kashmir, India
7 Department of Human Genetics, Sri Pratap College Srinagar, Cluster University of Srinagar,
Kashmir, Jammu & Kashmir, India
Academic editor: Abstract
Mihajlo Jakovljevic M.D. Ph.D. MAE
*Corresponding author: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic profoundly reshaped political,
Amrit Sudershan religious, economic, social, and financial institutions across the globe. More than 80
(amritsudershan0@gmail.com) countries imposed border closures, shut down business activities, and advised citizens
Citation: Singh, K., Pushap, A.C., to self-quarantine. The pandemic also caused schools to close indefinitely, affecting
Kaur, G., Bharti, S., Jhon, A., approximately 1.5 billion children worldwide. This study sought to integrate the diverse
Sudershan, S. et al. (2025). effects of COVID-19 on varied human interests and offer a comprehensive overview of
COVID-19 changed our world:
A systematic review. Global Health the effects of the pandemic. A systematic literature review encompassing the period
Econ Sustain, 3(1):38-63. between February 2019 and December 2022 was conducted using Web of Science,
https://doi.org/10.36922/ghes.3992 PubMed, and Google Scholar. The search included keywords related to the impact of
Received: June 20, 2024 COVID-19 on health, education, economics, and the environment, and articles were
selected based on pre-defined inclusion criteria. The literature review was limited by its
Revised: September 4, 2024 specific time frame, potential publication bias, and language restrictions. Nevertheless,
Accepted: September 14, 2024 the study findings highlight critical areas for prospective policy interventions and
Published online: December 9, recommend that future research endeavors should address the diverse effects of the
2024 pandemic across varied sectors. This literature review revealed that COVID-19 exerted
far-reaching consequences beyond health, impacting mental and emotional well-
Copyright: © 2024 Author(s).
This is an Open Access article being, education, financial and economic stability, social dynamics, business operations,
distributed under the terms of the travel and tourism, and the environment. The pandemic introduced a profoundly
Creative Commons Attribution challenging period of human history, revealing itself as more than just a health crisis:
License, permitting distribution, it signified a significant threat to multiple facets of global life. Despite the successful
and reproduction in any medium,
provided the original work is rollout of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 vaccine, an ongoing
properly cited. public debate persists regarding whether COVID-19 will reemerge or eventually wane.
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