Coronavirus affects people's mental health.
According to Lenta.ru, Dr. Emily Holmes, a professor at Uppsala University in Sweden, spoke about the importance of this aspect of the epidemic.
According to the doctor, the mental effects of the pandemic are felt especially in the elderly and children. For this reason, health care providers need to work on new forms of treatment that take into account the relationship between the body and the psyche.
"This is the first pandemic that has been widely covered in the media, and people are being 'bombarded with information,'" Holmes said.
He reminded that in the current situation, people use smartphones at an unprecedented level, and stressed that this should be taken into account in the fight against the disease.