Assessment of Positive Impacts of Covid-19: Socio-Cultural and Environmental Perspectives

Abstract

Covid-19, also known as Corona Virus, has spread worldwide and infected most people around the globe. As a result, many states imposed lockdowns, curfews, travel restrictions, and many more pandemic prevention measures to control the infection. Therefore, there was a massive decline in economics, education, and many other fields. On the other hand, Covid-19 prevention measures have created many opportunities in online platforms, and improved environmental qualities and social and economic status in considerable ways. Inconsequent, this article is aimed at assessing the positive impacts of COVID-19 from sociocultural and environmental perspectives. To explore this, qualitative and quantitative approaches were adopted for this study. All the data collection methods were based on an international litera- ture review and secondary sources, which were published after 2020. The literature review mainly focused on identifying and studying the positive effects of the envi- ronment, socio-culture, and economy in the Covid-19 pandemic. The study reveals a considerable positive impact of Covid-19, which changed the world and created the new normal as a liveable period for many people and the whole improved world in many sources. Further, this study found many research findings say that the lower rate of communicable diseases including sexually transmitted infections during the lockdown. The crisis has caused people to question their priorities and how much they are willing to give up to protect their lives and those of their loved ones. Although there are significant COVID-19 waste experiences in the current era (2020), it didn’t create a high decline in many essential aspects. Also, online platforms gave strength to many fields to move further.