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AbstractCovid‐19 triggered a wave of lockdowns across the world, contributing to a severe downturn in economic activity. Governments responded by introducing expansionary fiscal and monetary measures. We compare the health and economic outcomes in Sweden, commonly viewed as an outlier relying more on recommendations and voluntary adjustments than on strict lockdowns, with those of comparable European OECD countries. Our results suggest that the Swedish policy of advice and trust in the population to reduce social interactions voluntarily was relatively successful. Sweden combined low excess death rates with relatively small economic costs. In future pandemics, policymakers should rely on empirical evidence rather than panicking and adopting extreme measures. Even if policymakers appeared to act rapidly and decisively, the rushed implementation of strict lockdowns in 2020/21 probably did more harm than good.

(1) Background: During the COVID-19 pandemic, strict lock-down and quarantine were widely imposed by most governments to minimize the spread of the virus. Previous studies have investigated the consequences of the quarantine and social isolation on mental health and the present study examines loneliness and problematic internet use. (2) Methods: The current research used a cross-sectional survey during a lock-down phase of the COVID-19 pandemic. A sample of 593 participants from the Middle East region (Kuwait, Saudi Arabia) were tested using the short form of the Revised UCLA Loneliness Scale and the Internet Addiction Test. (3) Results: Results from regression analyses showed an association between loneliness and Problematic Internet Use (PIU), and an association between loneliness and the number of hours spent online. Younger participants reported greater loneliness. The quality of the relationship with the person(s) with whom they were spending their lock-down was also correlated with loneliness. Those who reported greater loneliness also obtained frequent news about the pandemic from social media. Problematic internet use was associated with loneliness and the predictors of loneliness. ANOVA analyses showed a dose-response between the predictors and PIU. (4) Conclusions: This study highlights the influence of the social characteristics of the local culture during the COVID-19 lock-down on feelings of loneliness and on PIU.

Now, around 70 million Indians use chewing tobacco usually mixed with betel nut and other spices like Pan Parag, Pan Bahar, masticating it for hours and spitting out the excess saliva-laden mixture from time to time. Not only that, literally speaking, For more than 1000 years Indian people were eating these types of commodities often. The government of Nagaland has prohibited permanently any form of tobacco items in the market in Nagaland under Section 59 of Food Safety and Standards Act, 2016. When World Society was combat with Covid-19, in India, particularly Nagaland youths were learnt how to consume the alcohol items and different form of liquors, eating tobacco and similar activities at first time in their life. Finally, they addicted to these insidious activities during lock down period. Afterwards they spitted everywhere that carry virus which causes Covid-19 and other diseases in their own and working places. Ultimately by consecutive consumption of prohibited items affected youth's health severely. In particularly Nagaland youths eating like these type of pan masalas frequently which led to various health hazards. Sadly, it also encourages the risk of oral cancer. It may be one of the causes for reduce the life span too.

Since December 2019, the world witnessed the rise of a new pandemic viral infection – Covid-19. Although the first case in India was reported in January 2020 (Kerala), it was in late March that India started witnessing the rise of new confirmed cases across multiple Indian cities. It was soon realized that the microdroplets and human-to-human contact were responsible for the spread of infection. After that, the Indian government called for a nationwide lockdown across all Indian states. Social gatherings, transportation, educational institutions, and places of religious significance were closed entirely. From 25th March 2020 onwards, all the service sectors were wholly suspended. Most of the companies have initiated work from home (WFH) to maintain a balance between the companys profit and loss, supplementing their employees with their economic stability, etc. Although work from home has been successful to date in leveraging their profit-loss balance, it leads to a rise in the number of domestic violence occurrences. Covid-19 pandemic has contributed to the rising Violence against Women and Children across all regions. Examples include domestic financial and health stresses, loss of womans livelihood, restricted or no access of women to all the basic amenities, stress and complications related to social isolation, women confinement with violent partners under one roof. The aim of this paper is to evaluate the co-relation between COVID-19 and domestic violence in India and provide suggestive measures to deal with the issue.