The lockdown may contribute to the COVID-19 cases in developing countries, different perspectives on the curfew act, a report from Jordan

Nasr Alrabadi; Razan Haddad; Iyad Albustami; Ibrahim Al-Faouri; Nail Obeidat; Mohammad Al-Ghazo; Daher Al-Rabadi; Adi Khassawneh

doi:10.1016/j.amsu.2020.12.018

The lockdown may contribute to the COVID-19 cases in developing countries, different perspectives on the curfew act, a report from Jordan

Ann Med Surg (Lond). 2020 Dec 18:61:41-43. doi: 10.1016/j.amsu.2020.12.018. eCollection 2021 Jan.

Authors

Nasr Alrabadi¹, Razan Haddad², Iyad Albustami³, Ibrahim Al-Faouri⁴, Nail Obeidat⁵, Mohammad Al-Ghazo⁶, Daher Al-Rabadi⁷, Adi Khassawneh⁸

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, 22110, Jordan.
² Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, 22110, Jordan.
³ Faculty of Medicine, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, 22110, Jordan.
⁴ Department of Community and Mental Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, 22110, Jordan.
⁵ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, 22110, Jordan.
⁶ Department of Surgery and Urology, Faculty of Medicine, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, 22110, Jordan.
⁷ King Abdullah University Hospital, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, 22110, Jordan.
⁸ Division of Family Medicine, Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, 22110, Jordan.

Abstract

COVID -19 has driven an unprecedented challenge to the economic, social, and health aspects of human life worldwide. The daily increasing numbers of human life loss encourage us, the healthcare and public health communities, to share best practices and lessons learned to mitigate the resurgence of this pandemic. On the other hand, the pandemic itself or alternatively our policies in dealing with it has led to a dramatic loss and disastrous effects on many aspects including the food and nutritional systems and the world of work. The economic and social disruption caused by the pandemic is devastating; tens of millions of people are at risk of falling into extreme poverty, while the number of undernourished people, currently estimated at nearly 690 million, could increase by up to 132 million by the end of the year. The number of workers who are losing their jobs and the number of bankruptcies for small businesses are increasing. This report aims to bring the attention of policymakers, especially in the developing countries including Jordan, to different perspectives about crucial law acts, the lockdown and the curfew act, that have tremendous effects on the economy and may soon become a main contributor to the increased level of COVID-19 transmission and the main source of the new COVID-19 cases. We hypothesize for a mathematical model based on the comparison between the number of sporadic new cases, number of new cases/family, and the average number of family members to anticipate the value and the sufficiency of the lockdown or the curfew acts on modulating the transmission and the number of new COVID-19 cases in societies.

Keywords: COVID-19; Curfew; Developing countries; Extended family; Lockdown; Pandemic.