Physical and mental health status: A review of the Covid-19 pandemic's impact and related management strategies

The novel threat of the COVID-19 (Coronavirus Disease 2019) outbreak significantly affected the whole world. This pandemic has influenced the world's economic, physical, mental, and social state and well-being. There have been observable drastic changes due to the pandemic that could be destructive to the total being of an individual; thus, it is alarming. Reports show percentages of anxiety and depressive states in adults and children during the pandemic, also the physical health percentages during the pandemic. Hence, access to health support facilities should be prioritized towards improving health outcomes. This study will help give awareness and strategies that could help people shield themselves, primarily since this pandemic mainly targeted their physical and mental well-being. In this viewpoint, factors affecting the physical and mental welfare, the COVID-19 pandemic linkage to mental and physical well-being, societal states before and during the pandemic, standards on good mental and physical health, the sudden shift of situation, status of the physical and mental well-being of different individuals, and management strategies to help improve mental and physical well-being are discussed. The paper will be focusing on the state of mental and physical well-being prior to and throughout the pandemic.