Impacts and Implications of COVID-19: An Analytical and Empirical Study

This book describes the most recent research developments regarding COVID-19. The book includes a wide range of interdisciplinary submissions that address the latest findings regarding a wide variety of psychological, social, managerial, and technological issues for fighting COVID-19. Chapter One discusses how machine learning applies to prediction, forecasting, screening, contact tracing, treatment, medication and the drug or vaccine invention process in connection with COVID-19. Chapter Two deals with immunomodulatory therapy for clinical management of COVID-19 patients. Chapter Three describes the importance of social distancing and the development of a tool to detect social distancing. Chapter Four discusses the impact of COVID-19 on the education sector, and Chapter Five focuses on the impacts of COVID-19 on employment, e-commerce, and e-pharmacies. Chapter Six gives an insight into the policies regarding COVID-19 in India, and Chapter Seven compares vaccine candidates based on their status in trial phases, route of administration, dosage, efficacy, and safety. Chapter Eight explores how the pandemic has impacted human communication and relationships, as people have been forced to interact in the digital space rather than the physical one. Chapter Nine describes the urgent need to devise sustainable and effective strategies to mitigate the problems relating to shortages of labor and equipment in the agricultural sector due to the pandemic. Finally, Chapter Ten describes the role of physical therapy in the recovery of COVID-19 patients.