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Impact

The outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has spread across all continents,
causing significant economic losses, decreased physical interaction, and major psychological
distress (Remuzzi & Remuzzi, 2020). A variety of safety measures have been imposed by
countries around the world to curb the rapidly growing spread includes social distancing, the
avoidance of unnecessary travel, and the prohibition of congregations. Markets have gone a
step forward by shutting down floor trading which has impacted the ability to exchange
commodities (Nicola et al., 2020). Social distancing includes reducing interactions between
people to slow down the spread of the virus (De Vos, 2020).

To prevent social contact and slow down the spread of the virus, numerous countries have
taken unprecedented measures, such as closing the schools, shops, restaurants, prohibiting
and canceling public events, and imposing work from home. All these measures are
particularly effective for diseases (such as COVID-19) that are transmitted by respiratory
droplets and require certain proximity to people (Wilder-Smith and Freedman, 2020).
Within a short period of policy implementation, isolation resulted in significant adverse
effects on mental health and well-being, mainly in those with low-paid or precarious
employment. Psychological and emotional impacts have been caused by reduced social
interaction, economic losses, and routine changes, such as demotivation, loss of meaning,
and decreased self-worth (Williams et al., 2020).Outdoor activities might no longer take place
or there is reduced public transport services or might become inaccessible for those without
a car. This isolation results in lower levels of social interaction and self-development and
increases stress, boredom, and depression (Brooks et al., 2020).

Limitation
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant effect on the world and its impact has been
felt by researchers as well. Due to the requirement of social distancing, all research plans
such as searching participants for recruitment, face-to-face interview, fieldwork for
collecting data, and meeting or discussion among the research team were halted greatly.
Since the research started amid Movement Control Order (MCO), the initial problem when
to start the research work was having to suspend data collection. The research team and
academic supervisor had to re-designing the research and changing methodologies, taking
into account social-distancing measures. The research team had to gather textual data that
already published online. Publishing new research can take months and sometimes years,
the research team was having a problem to search for good studies since some studies were
still ongoing during the start of this research. There was a limited number of studies that
focus on the social distancing of COVID-19. Most of the studies focusing on Severe acute
respiratory syndrome (SARS) and influenza. Yet, while the coronavirus has presented
academic research with many challenges, it has also created opportunities for research to
improve moving forward.

Torales, J., O’Higgins, M., Castaldelli-Maia, J.M. and Ventriglio, A., 2020. The outbreak of COVID-19
coronavirus and its impact on global mental health. International Journal of Social Psychiatry,
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Nicola, M., Alsafi, Z., Sohrabi, C., Kerwan, A., Al-Jabir, A., Iosifidis, C., Agha, M. and Agha, R., 2020.
The socio-economic implications of the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19): A review. International
journal of surgery (London, England), 78, p.185.

De Vos, J., 2020. The effect of COVID-19 and subsequent social distancing on travel
behavior. Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives, p.100121.

Wilder-Smith, A. and Freedman, D.O., 2020. Isolation, quarantine, social distancing and community
containment: pivotal role for old-style public health measures in the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV)
outbreak. Journal of travel medicine, 27(2), p.taaa020.

Williams, S.N., Armitage, C.J., Tampe, T. and Dienes, K., 2020. Public perceptions and experiences
of social distancing and social isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic: A UK-based focus group
study. MedRxiv.

Brooks, S.K., Webster, R.K., Smith, L.E., Woodland, L., Wessely, S., Greenberg, N. and Rubin, G.J.,
2020. The psychological impact of quarantine and how to reduce it: rapid review of the evidence. The
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