Strong nerves stressed to combat Covid-19

LAHORE:History testifies that humans, throughout the life have been battling and tackling the difficult situations, such as epidemics, pandemics and diseases by facing various deadlier-viruses since the time human species had evolved into modern identity and form.

Whenever such problems or tribulations occur, definitely there had been an impact of fear, panic or psychological distress among the people. However, the nations, who kept their nerves strong and mental capability to cope with such situations, succeeded in overcoming these calamities and hard conditions.

The new Covid-19 has raised distress at such a level that the World Health Organisation (WHO) had to issue guidelines recently for protecting mental health of the masses during the outbreak around the globe.

Avoid watching, reading or listening to news that cause you to feel anxious and stressed; seek information mainly to take practical steps to prepare your plans and protect yourself and loved ones, study report issued by the Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) body revealed that due to the outbreak of Coronavirus, everyone was in a state of panic, but there was another even deadlier virus which people have forgetting about, the flu. The weekly influenza surveillance based data of CDC, show that at least 12,000 people died of influenza in 2019.

Head of Psychiatry Department, Services Hospital Lahore, Dr Samira Q Bokhari told APP that stress and fear were the normal responses to any adversity. Proper precautionary measures were the solution to overcome the apprehensions regarding current global health crisis.

Dr Samira said, "Extreme anxiety or panic could add to the problems which become potential hurdle to practical solutions", she informed. Another noted Psychiatrist Dr Samar Hussain in his recent research work on the prevailing situation has found out that talking too much on Covid-19, could influence those who lived around you, adding extreme anxiety creates emotion contagion and spread panic which is more dangerous than virus. World renowned psychiatrist Dr Baruch Fischhoff, a Howard Heinz University professor, observed that the fear and scare of coronavirus has gripped the world. Dr Fischhoff said that first thing that people could do in the current situation, was to find a trusted source of information which they could properly follow.

greetings: Provincial Minister for Human Rights and Minorities Affairs Ijaz Alam Augustine has greeted the nation on the eve of Youm-e-Pakistan. In a statement on Sunday, the minister said that Youm-e-Pakistan commemorates the Lahore Resolution on March 23 1940 at Minar-e-Pakistan. The resolution was passed for a separate state for the Muslims of the subcontinent.