The world today is dealing with a one in lifetime pandemic, a large number of people around the world have already been infected and it looks like it is here to stay. The Covid-19 Pandemic in most of the cases had harmed the society and its dwellers however, some positives that have come out of it resulted in harmony or togetherness among the people globally. Leaving behind, nationality, religion, caste, and creed people have helped each other in ways that are beyond imagination. Only a pandemic of such magnitude could have brought out the humanness in humankind.

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Specifically considering India the first wave of the pandemic caught everyone all we could see was misery and despair, however much to the surprise the second wave worsened the situation even more severely taking the lives of people many of which were not even accounted for. Furthermore, the ambiguity and uncertainty of the trend of new cases have increased the fear of an even bigger wave of cases.This has impacted the people psychologically and deteriorated their mental health and well-being especially among the one's going through underlying health conditions and as well as the older adults.

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The initial stages of the nationwide lockdown also prompted several unseen and unheard difficulties for most. The sedentary, isolated lifestyle with respect to Covid -19 containment measures like physical distancing and home quarantine played a major role in generating psychological disorders like stress and anxiety leading to hypertension and depression as well as physical ailments. In a nut, shell solitariness is inducing frustration, and not being able to do any physical activity is impacting their health negatively. People across different age groups and strata are suffering to a great extent from social anxiety lacking enough interactions with their peers.

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It is time that we start looking at innovation to tackle these problems and today we have the technology to help people navigate through the tough times. Organizations large or small need to have a mechanism to improve the interaction among their employees by giving them a platform to interact socially with their colleagues. A reward and recognition structure could be introduced leveraging technology which helps to keep the morale high as well as motivates the employees to aim higher. Similarly, programs could be designed, which gamifies keeping fit by introducing simple fitness challenges for example performing aerobics for 20 minutes every day.

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We are in for the long haul here and we can beat the pandemic only by showing discipline and of course by leveraging modern technology to achieve a healthy mind and body.