covid-19 pandemic are affecting everyone’s mental health, said Vikram Patel Professor of Global Health at Harvard Medical School during a session at Hindustan Times Leadership Summit on Friday.To deal with mental health issues, Patel said that ways such as maintaining social distance, participating in sports, talking to each other, watching good shows and reading good books are very effective.
At the same time, he warned that the schools should be opened soon to prevent any harmful impact on children."Schools should open soon, otherwise the covid-19 will have a very bad effect on the students," he said.Patel said that there is a need for unconditional income support for those people who have borne the brunt of Covid-19 crisis.