Bio : Affected, recovery/loss, reintegration/bereavement
Psycho : Anxiety, depression, trauma, mental health complications
(WHO, 2020), and possibly suicide (Chan, et al., 2014; Bar et al., 2012)
Social : Hunger pandemic (UN, 2020), Human rights violation
(Kunene, 2020; Sandhu, 2020; AFP, 2020; Khalid, 2020; HRW, 2020; Siviwe,
2020), mass layoffs, under- and unemployment (IMF, 2020), loss of
self-worth, anxiety, depression, trauma, mental health complications
(WHO, 2020), and likely suicide (Chan et al., 2014; Bar et al., 2012).
Given that covid-19 has had a broad impact on all realms, so also should
our intervention if we are desirous of preventing the pandemic and
degrading its grievous impact on people and society. But on the interim,
how can we make meaningful efforts in this regard given the declaration
of shutdowns? The following (fig. 4 and 5) will serve as a ladder of
holistic intervention, comprising both ad-hoc and long-term policy
intervention utilizable by social workers and other key stakeholders.