ReviewHeliyon2020
Environmental effects of COVID-19 pandemic and potential strategies of sustainability.
Review in Heliyon, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 119 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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119 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Assessment of the Risk Impact of SARS-CoV-2 Infection Prevalence between Cats and Dogs in America and Europe: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Pooled it
- Does medical waste research during COVID-19 meet the challenge induced by the pandemic to waste management?Waste management & research : the journal of the International Solid Wastes and Public Cleansing Association, ISWA · 2024Pooled it
- Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Air Quality: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
- Assessment of water quality and microbial contamination in institutional water resources: a necessity to understand health risks.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Safety and efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines in pregnant and lactating women: a comprehensive review.Inflammopharmacology · 2026Review
- The cytokine signature in multiple sclerosis: a study during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Article
- Feasibility of a Green Breast Surgery Protocol to Reduce Carbon Footprint of Care: BuGS Trial Interim Results.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Advancing Food Security with Farmed Edible Insects: Economic, Social, and Environmental Aspects.Insects · 2025Review
- COVID-19: vaccination, therapeutics and a review of the science and public health.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2024Review
- Coral reef fish density at a tourist destination responded rapidly to COVID-19 restrictions.Oecologia · 2024Article
- Evaluating the resilience of residential buildings during a pandemic with a sustainable construction approach.Heliyon · 2024Article
- Spatio-Temporal Variation in the Exceedance of Enterococci in Lake Burley Griffin: An Analysis of 16 Years' Recreational Water Quality Monitoring Data.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Article
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- "Long COVID" and Its Impact on The Environment: Emerging Concerns and Perspectives.Environmental management · 2024Review
- Crisis and environmental governance decisions amidst the COVID-19 pandemic: Lessons from European countries.Heliyon · 2024Article
- Revisiting tourism in the post-pandemic era: An evaluation study of China's 5A-Class scenic spots.Heliyon · 2024Article
- Measuring the One Health impacts associated with creating access to veterinary care before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
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- Automatic COVID-19 and Common-Acquired Pneumonia Diagnosis Using Chest CT Scans.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Effects of internal and external corporate social responsibility on employee job satisfaction during a pandemic: A medical device industry perspective.European management journal · 2023Article
59 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Abstract
The global outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is affecting every part of human lives, including the physical world. The measures taken to control the spread of the virus and the slowdown of economic activities have significant effects on the environment. Therefore, this study intends to explore the positive and negative environmental impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, by reviewing the available scientific literatures. This study indicates that, the pandemic situation significantly improves air quality in different cities across the world, reduces GHGs emission, lessens water pollution and noise, and reduces the pressure on the tourist destinations, which may assist with the restoration of the ecological system. In addition, there are also some negative consequences of COVID-19, such as increase of medical waste, haphazard use and disposal of disinfectants, mask, and gloves; and burden of untreated wastes continuously endangering the environment. It seems that, economic activities will return soon after the pandemic, and the situation might change. Hence, this study also outlines possible ways to achieve long-term environmental benefits. It is expected that the proper implementation of the proposed strategies might be helpful for the global environmental sustainability.
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