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How to reduce the impact of the novel coronavirus on daily life (Social…
How to reduce the impact of the novel coronavirus on daily life
Psychological impact
Individual
Knowledge Gap
What is Coronavirus?
What are the symptoms?
Most common symptoms of COVID-19 are fever, tiredness, and dry cough
Some may have aches and pains, nasal congestion, runny nose, sore throat or diarrhea
What do you need to
Continue to play their part by being socially responsible and practising good personal hygiene habits
How Long is the incubation period?
Most estimates of the incubation period 1-14 days,
Most commonly around five days.
Where to learn more?
Online web
World Health Organization
Ministry of Health
Yahoo/google News
News agency
Straits Times
New paper
CNA/CNN/BBC
bulletin board
Lift lobby
Bus stop
Train station
Word of mouth
Workplace
Eatery such as Coffeeshops/hawker/foodcourt
Social place such as (Bar, gym, church, mosque)
Fear
Will i die if i get the viirus?
No food supply!
No Mask!
Will there be a cure?
Social impact
individual
Social distancing (Avoid unnecessary contact)
Nationalism, fear of people from affect country
group
Reduced group activities / gathering
Economical impact
Global economy
Fears of the coronavirus impact on the global economy have rocked markets worldwide, with stock prices and bond yields plunging
Trading reduce/haul in affected countries as well as slowdown in manufacturing activity
Tourist related sector has the hardest hit, but other sector are affected as well
Global recession might be inevitable
Local economy
How can government help
Tax relieve & aid
Reassure nation on government direction to follow
Reducing Fear of Shortage of daily neccessities
Government
Impose stringent buying policies
Allowing only a person in the household to buy the necessities
Limiting the spending limit for each individual household
Limiting each household to buy one of each type of daily neccessities
import daily necessities on a more frequent basis
Transparent system to shows the real statistics on each individual item
maintain price of daily necessities
provide more subsidies to singapore citizens
Make more reasonable policies
Techology
Create a mobile app that tracks a buyer spending amount, items that they buy and disable them once they have hit the spending limit
A system the tracks the balance of the individual items and will send a request to the user to replenish the stock
Delivery robot that records the delivery address and will reject the delivery if the address appears too many times
Self / Social
ability to identify needs and wants
make a checklist on the things to buy
Do not spread uncessary rumours
spread positive thinking and encourage one another
ability to self discipline / self control & buy responsibly
Supermarkets
Advise shoppers to buy lesser if the staff sees shoppers buy a lot
Ensure enough stock
Replenish stock on racks more frequently
Education
giving online talks to citizens on the importance of needs and wants
Posters / pamplets to tell citizens on the importance of identifying needs and wants