Positive and Negative Impact of Covid-19 on Children and Older Adults

Over the past year, a worldwide pandemic has affected general life. The covid-19 pandemic also known as the corona virus has largely affected children and old age. Although medical literature shows that children and old age are minimally disposed to 2019-Corona virus disease, they are hit the hardest by the mental impact of this pandemic. Extensive lockdown and pre-emptive measures have isolated individuals, affected the world economy, and limited access to physical and mental healthcare. While these measures may be compulsory to minimize the spread of the virus, the harmful physical, psychological, and social effects are evident. Being quarantined in homes and health centers may impose a greater psychological load than the physical suffering caused by the virus. School closing, lack of outdoor activity, strange dietary and sleeping habits are likely to disturb children's usual lifestyle and can potentially promote monotony, anxiety, campaigning, annoyance, and varied neuropsychiatric manifestations. Meanwhile, the senior citizens are affected by both the virus, and the lockdown measures have seen the slightest benefits from these digital solutions. The age-based digital divide describes an ancient inequality in the access to, and skills to make use of, new technology