A Psychosocial Impact of Covid-19 Pandemic on Frontline Workers and General People in Kathmandu Valley

Abstract

A new variant of the corona virus family found in the Wuhan city market of the China causing serious harm to human being. After the WHO decided COVID-19 as a pandemic situation, everyone has started to measure the prevention from infectious disease according to WHO guidelines. It includes social distancing, isolation, quarantine, lockdown, sanitation and masking respectively. During the time researcher has observed the difficulties of cultivating new normal to people in Nepal. People have perceived the single corona virus differently; common populations and frontline workers have different perception towards to corona virus. Researcher started to measures the psychosocial impact of COVID-19 pandemic into frontline workers and general populations in Kathmandu valley. The total number of sample unit for this research is 82; it includes 52 general populations and 30 frontline workers.