scholarly journals Dead body management amidst global pandemic of Covid-19

2020 ◽  
Vol 88 (2) ◽  
pp. 80-83 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raghvendra Kumar Vidua ◽  
Irena Duskova ◽  
Daideepya C Bhargava ◽  
Vivek Kumar Chouksey ◽  
Parthasarathi Pramanik
Keyword(s):  
Review Article ◽  
Dead Body ◽  
Limited Information ◽  
Global Pandemic ◽  
The World ◽  
Dead Bodies ◽  
The Dead ◽  
Almost All ◽  
Spread Of Infection

Covid-19 has reached almost all the nations in the world. More and more people are dying from it and in some countries, even the army has been called upon to help dispose of the dead as there is a shortage of coffins, and undertakers are overwhelmed. Therefore, it is essential to have measures in place to contain the spread of infection while handling dead bodies. In view of this, different guidelines and protocols have been proposed bearing in mind the limited information we have about the virus. This review article sets them out for better reference.

scholarly journals COVID-19 pandemic: A review of the global lockdown and its far-reaching effects

2021 ◽  
Vol 104 (2) ◽  
pp. 003685042110198
Author(s):  
Helen Onyeaka ◽  
Christian K Anumudu ◽  
Zainab T Al-Sharify ◽  
Esther Egele-Godswill ◽  
Paul Mbaegbu
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Global Economy ◽  
World Health ◽  
Global Pandemic ◽  
The World ◽  
Education Delivery ◽  
Environmental Air ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
Almost All ◽  
The Impact

COVID-19, caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2), was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) on the 11th of March 2020, leading to some form of lockdown across almost all countries of the world. The extent of the global pandemic due to COVID-19 has a significant impact on our lives that must be studied carefully to combat it. This study highlights the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown on crucial aspects of daily life globally, including; Food security, Global economy, Education, Tourism, hospitality, sports and leisure, Gender Relation, Domestic Violence/Abuse, Mental Health and Environmental air pollution through a systematic search of the literature. The COVID-19 global lockdown was initiated to stem the spread of the virus and ‘flatten the curve’ of the pandemic. However, the impact of the lockdown has had far-reaching effects in different strata of life, including; changes in the accessibility and structure of education delivery to students, food insecurity as a result of unavailability and fluctuation in prices, the depression of the global economy, increase in mental health challenges, wellbeing and quality of life amongst others. This review article highlights the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown across the globe. As the global lockdown is being lifted in a phased manner in various countries of the world, it is necessary to explore its impacts to understand its consequences comprehensively. This will guide future decisions that will be made in a possible future wave of the COVID-19 pandemic or other global disease outbreak.

Making an Exhibition of Ourselves: Using the Dead to Fight the Battles of the Living

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tiffany Jenkins
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Context ◽  
The Body ◽  
Dead Body ◽  
American Military ◽  
Number Of Factors ◽  
Dead Bodies ◽  
The Dead ◽  
Osama Bin Laden ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Nuremberg Trials

In October 2011, graphic images of a blood-stained and dead Muammar Gaddafi were sent around the internet. For some time after his death, his dead body was displayed at a house in Misrat, where masses of people queued to see it. His corpse provided a focus for the Libyan people, as proof that he really was dead and could finally be dominated. When Osama bin Laden was killed by the American military in May that same year, unlike Gaddafi, the body was absent, but the absence was significant. Shortly after he was killed a decision was taken not to show pictures of the dead body and it was buried at sea. The American military appear to have been concerned it would become a physical site for his supporters to congregate, and the photographs used by different sides in a propaganda war. Both cases reflect an aim to control the dead body and associated meanings with the person; that is not unusual: after the Nuremberg trials, the Allied authorities cremated Hermann Göring—who committed suicide prior to his scheduled hanging—so that his grave would not become a place of worship for Nazi sympathizers. These examples should remind us that dead bodies have longer lives than is at first obvious. They are central to rituals of mourning, but beyond this, throughout history, they have also played a role in political battles and provided a—sometimes contested—focus for reconciliation and remembrance. They have political and social capital and are objects with symbolic potential. In The Political Lives of Dead Bodies the anthropologist Katherine Verdery explores the way the dead body has been used in this way and why it is particularly effective. Firstly, she observes, human remains are effective symbolic objects because their meaning is ambiguous; that is whilst their associated meanings are contingent on a number of factors, including the individual and the cultural context, they are not fixed and are open to interpretation and manipulation: ‘Remains are concrete, yet protean; they do not have a single meaning but are open to many different readings’ (Verdery 1999: 28).

Dead Bodies, Affective States and Volatile Icons

2015 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 85-101
Author(s):  
Daniella Kuzmanovic
Keyword(s):  
The State ◽  
The Body ◽  
Dead Body ◽  
Affective States ◽  
Public Figure ◽  
Turkish Nationalism ◽  
Dead Bodies ◽  
The Dead

Dead bodies are symbolically effective in the context of politics, and enjoy a particular connection with affect. The mass-mediated mobilizations around Hrant Dink and the dead body of Dink suggest that there is indeed something about Katherine Verdery’s insight. Dink was a Turkish citizen of Armenian descent, editor, civic activist and a controversial public figure in Turkey. He was assassinated in 2007. Rather than focusing on the Armenian aspect in context of Turkish nationalism in order to grasp the efficacy of Dink and of his dead body, this article dwells on the intertwinement between his dead body and experiences of state subjects in Turkey. I argue that the efficacy of Dink, the semantic and affective density generated by way of the dead body, is produced in a conjuncture where neither meanings around the body and the person it embodied, nor of the state will stabilize.

Revised practical guidance for first responders managing the dead after disasters

2016 ◽  
Vol 98 (902) ◽  
pp. 647-669 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah Ellingham ◽  
Stephen Cordner ◽  
Morris Tidball-Binz
Keyword(s):  
First Responders ◽  
Disaster Planning ◽  
Dead Body ◽  
Humanitarian Response ◽  
Essential Services ◽  
Practical Guidance ◽  
Dead Bodies ◽  
The Dead ◽  
Mass Fatality

AbstractThe proper and dignified management of the dead is one of the three pillars of the humanitarian response to disasters, along with the rescue and care of survivors and the provision of essential services. First launched in 2006, the widely used publication Management of Dead Bodies after Disasters: A Field Manual for First Responders offers practical and easy-to-follow guidelines. It has become the go-to guide not only for non-experts confronted with dead bodies in the aftermath of a catastrophe, but also for those responsible for disaster planning and preparedness in countries with well-developed forensic services. Ten years after the publication of the 2006 Manual, a revised edition has been released. The inclusion of a decade of experience in its field implementation, as well as the incorporation of recent scientific developments in mass fatality management, makes the revised Manual an invaluable resource for first responders confronted with the realities of dead body management following a disaster.

Bodies Transformed: Negotiations of Identity in Chalcolithic Cyprus

2014 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 229-247 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kirsi O. Lorentz
Keyword(s):  
Human Body ◽  
Human Remains ◽  
Social Processes ◽  
Dead Body ◽  
Social Categories ◽  
Time Period ◽  
Dead Bodies ◽  
The Dead ◽  
The Individual

This paper focuses on how the human body, and the dead body in particular, was used to create social categories and identities in prehistoric Cyprus. Specifically, it explores how a particular condition, such as death, was integrated into social processes, and how the treatment of dead bodies both created and reinforced social categories and identities. The material the paper focuses on is the mortuary evidence from Chalcolithic Cyprus (3800–2300 BC). In particular, it argues that the extensive, intentional manipulation of dead bodies and human remains visible in Cypriot Chalcolithic cemeteries was aimed at integrating the individual to communal, collective wholes on the occasion of death and during the time period that followed.

DAMPAK COVID -19 TERHADAP PENERAPAN PENDIDIKAN KARAKTER DAN PENDIDIKAN ISLAM

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 114-124
Author(s):  
Miftahul Ulfah
Keyword(s):  
Character Education ◽  
Islamic Education ◽  
World Health ◽  
Literature Study ◽  
Infected People ◽  
Global Pandemic ◽  
The World ◽  
Even Order ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
Almost All

ABSTRACTThe spreading of a new corona virus named Covid-19 has caused so many death tolls to almost all countries in the world. Researchers suspect that this virus originated from the traditional market in China's Wuhan City selling a wide variety of fresh wet animals traded for consumption, including bats and pangolins which ultimately transmit the virus to humans. The World Health Organization has confirmed that Covid-19 transmission through droplets or sparks from infected people through talking, sneezing or coughing. With such causes, world governments recommend and even order the citizens to always maintain health and hygiene by washing hands, wearing masks, and covering mouths when sneezing or coughing. While in Islam, there are also procedures for behaving to maintain health and cleanliness. This literature study used qualitative method to examine the relevance of the global pandemic to the Islamic character education. This study then found that the influence of Covid-19 on the application of character education and Islamic education. This conclusion could be seen from the factors that influence the majority of characters carried out during the Covid-19 plague including instincts, habits, wills and conscience.Keywords: Application, Character Education, Covid-19, Islamic Education

Explaining Vampirism: Two Divergent Attractors of Dead Human Concepts

2015 ◽  
Vol 15 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 285-298 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vladimír Bahna
Keyword(s):  
Theory Of Mind ◽  
Cultural Transmission ◽  
Dead Body ◽  
Disease Avoidance ◽  
Behavioral Reaction ◽  
Dead Bodies ◽  
The Dead ◽  
Cognitive Foundations

This paper explores the cognitive foundations of vampirism beliefs. The occurrence of beliefs of the dead rising from graves and returning to harm the living across many cultures indicates that this concept has features that make it successful in the process of cultural transmission. Comparing ghost- and vampire-like beliefs, it is argued that bodiless agents and animated but dead bodies represent two divergent cognitive attractors concerning concepts of dead humans. The inferential potential of the classic idea of a bodiless ghost is based on intuitions produced by the mental system of Theory of Mind, while the traditional concepts of a vampire attribute to the dead only minimal intentionality. The inferential potential of a vampire is based on the system of disease avoidance and the emotion of disgust related to the dead body. Vampirism beliefs represent a cognitively attractive combination of a hazard and relevant actions to eliminate it: they postulate a threat of an animated corpse and relevant behavioral reaction, namely fatal interventions on vampire’s body.

scholarly journals Addressing COVID-19 Immune Storm: A Way Forward

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amit S. Lokhande
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Trials ◽  
Distress Syndrome ◽  
Immune Reaction ◽  
Antiviral Effect ◽  
Positive Trend ◽  
Fatality Rate ◽  
Lung Protection ◽  
Global Pandemic ◽  
The World ◽  
Almost All

COVID-19 a global pandemic is a cause for panic due to the increasing numbers and the associated fatality rate of ~5%. Death due to COVID-19 is ascribed majorly to the cytokine storm a hyper immune reaction that results in acute respiratory distress syndrome. Following the WHO Solidarity initiative, a large number of clinical trials approved at breakneck speed across the globe. It is encouraging to note that almost all trials are addressing both antiviral effect and lung protection. Clinical trials with a focus on decreasing mortality indeed harbinger a positive trend, as the world waits expectantly for a solution to this dreaded COVID-19 pandemic.

scholarly journals PEMANFAATAN WEBSITE MADRASAH SEBAGAI MEDIA PEMBELAJARAN E-LEARNING DI TENGAH PANDEMI COVID-19 DI MTs KEDUNGJAMBE SINGGAHAN TUBAN

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 199
Author(s):  
Mochamad Fathoni ◽  
Husniyatus Salamah Zainiyati
Keyword(s):  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Learning Activities ◽  
Virus Diseases ◽  
Online Systems ◽  
Work From Home ◽  
Global Pandemic ◽  
The World ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Almost All ◽  
At Home

Abstract The world is shocked by a global pandemic, known as covid-19 (Corona Virus Diseases-19). Almost all affected countries, including Indonesia. It affects all aspects of life, including education in Indonesia.Pemerintah enforce policies to work from home(WorkFromHome),worship at home, and learn at home. So that Teaching and Learning Activities (KBM) are replaced using online systems .  The application oflearning electronic(E-Learning) makes educators think seriously about the learning media that will be used. Various methods are used by Madrasas to facilitate these needs. One of them is making Madrasah Website as a learning tool that can be accessed by students from home.Keywords: Learning Media, E-Learning, Madrasa Website, Covid-19   

scholarly journals COVID-19, Herd Immunity and Nanotechnology- A Review

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-21
Author(s):  
Ravi Kumar Sah ◽  
Mukesh Kumar Bhagat ◽  
Upama Niraula
Keyword(s):  
Development Process ◽  
Vaccine Development ◽  
Herd Immunity ◽  
Epidemiological Data ◽  
Review Article ◽  
Economic Sector ◽  
Development Status ◽  
Global Pandemic ◽  
The World ◽  
Epidemiology Data

Covid-19 had been the global pandemic cases across the world since WHO declared it as pandemic diseases. It has been global crisis which had impacted globally on health and economic sector at a time. This review article had covered the detail of COVID-19 in brief detail, its epidemiological data, herd immunity and vaccination program, vaccine development status. Also this article the nanotechnology used in vaccine development process and its future prospective. This article had been concerned over the SAARC Nations epidemiology data related to COVID-19.

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