Introduction

Covid 19, the pandemic that engulfed the world for a whole year now. It has affected countless of
people around the world, most workers lost their jobs and some lost their families. Covid 19 is a virus
that has never been previously identified in humans, it attacks cells within your body, ultimately killing
you in the end. Covid 19 doesn't only affects its host, it also affects those who doesn't have it, it affects a
person's mental health. Life stopped during this time of pandemic and it affect us on educational aspect,
because all schools are close and we are tend to attend to an online classes. People are struggling also in
coping up in times like this, a lot of things change in just a year. Today we're all scared to go out because
we all know that we can easily get sick if we interact with other unlike before that we can go anywhere
we want. Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and the social distancing measures that many
countries have implemented have caused disruptions to daily routines. As of April 8, 2020, schools have
been suspended nationwide in 188 countries, according to UNESCO. Over 90% of enrolled learners (1·5
billion young people) worldwide are now out of education. The UNESCO Director-General Audrey
Azoulay warned that “the global scale and speed of the current educational disruption is unparalleled”.
Many countries are postponing or cancelling university entrance exams. In Hong Kong, the authorities
made a last-minute decision on March 21 to push back the Diploma of Secondary Education (DSE)
exams, which were scheduled to start on March 27, by a month to April 24. According to a poll by the
student counselling group Hok Yau Club in March, 2020, over 20% of the 757 candidates surveyed said
their stress levels were at a maximum 10 out of 10, even before the postponement was announced. 17-
year-old DSE candidate Yoyo Fung has been experiencing loss of appetite and sleep problems, and said
she found the uncertainties of whether the exams could be delayed further stressful. “I have a huge
wave of fear that I might contract the virus and thus cannot make it to the exams. Staying healthy has
become another stressor” she said.

Since the WHO declared COVID-19 as a pandemic, the spread of the new coronavirus has been the focus
of attention of scientists, governments and populations. One of the main concerns is the impact of this
pandemic on health outcomes, mainly on mental health. According to Marty becker (2021) Now, the
pandemic is making matters worse. In a recent survey, over 80% of college students reported that
COVID-19 has impacted their lives through increased isolation, loneliness, stress, and sadness. Although
it’s too soon to conclusively link national youth suicide data to the pandemic, school districts across the
nation have been reporting alarming spikes in both suicides and attempts at self-harm. As the pandemic
rapidly spread out. People have begun feeling fear, concern and worry. Especially students, they already
have school to worry about and the pandemic just added to their stress level and anxiety. Causing them
to not fully focus on their study, but to also focus on their survival. Some students with depression will
certainly have considerable difficulties adjusting back to normal life when face to face school resumes.
But not all the students have experience the mental health problems because maybe they can easily
adjust this time of pandemic. Some of students have strong mind and also positive thinker and the
family or friends is always their for them to rely if the person feels lonely.

Conclusion
While stay athome orders, quarantines, and social-distancing precautions are essential public health
tools for curbing the spread of infectious disease, these measures may well have the opposite effect on
the prevalence of psychological distress. Students in kindergarten through college faced a sudden
transition to online learning in the spring of 2020, finding themselves disconnected from their
established daily routines, support systems, and sources of security. Mental health means keeping our
mind healthy. Proper mental health is essential in every stage of life from childhood and teenage to
adulthood. Throughout a lifetime, an individual can experience mental health issue at any point. This
affects not only their mood and behaviour but also changes their way of thinking, of looking at life and
facing challenges.

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