Government of many countries had to impose a lockdown to control the Coronavirus pandemic. What were the advantages and disadvantages of this lockdown. Give example from your own experience.

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Public institutions of the majority of states were constricted to impose a
loockdown
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lockdown
to manage the Covid-19
pandemic
. The main advantage of
this
action was the possibility to stop the spreading of the virus while the principal disadvantage was the enormous difficulties of businesses owner to survive. On the one hand, the lockdown was an emergency measure necessary to not permit
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the Covid-19 virus to diffuse among
people
.
This
action has permitted to save many lives
especially
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between
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older
people
because they were not allowed to exit from their houses except for urgency. In
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addiction
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, regarding
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grocery
shopping
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many volunteers brought directly foods and drugs to the sick and weak
people
allowing them to not contract the disease.
To
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instance, in Rimini at the beginning of the
pandemic
was born a group of young students named "TeamBota"
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had how
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pourpose
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purpose
to help the population with free foods and medical assistance.
On the other hand
, the dramatic aspect of the
pandemic
was the closing of many small companies. Because of the closure and the missing
earnings
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they were not able to pay providers and wages of workers.
This
situation was not resolved by the
governaments
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governments
government
because they did not give money or reduced taxes to permit them to be able to survive.
For example
, in Italy many sectors especially the wedding and sports ones were the most hit by the
pandemic
, in fact,
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Italian research showed that they had lost more than 70% of their revenue without any help from the Italian administration. To conclude, the lockdown was necessary to avoid the death of many
people
.
However
, the lack of help from many states had caused the closing of small businesses that were not able to face the difficulties provided by the Covid-19
pandemic
.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • pandemic
  • impose
  • lockdown
  • advantages
  • disadvantages
  • reduction
  • spread
  • virus
  • save lives
  • overwhelmed
  • healthcare systems
  • develop
  • distribute
  • vaccines
  • individual
  • family
  • well-being
  • pollution
  • environmental benefits
  • awareness
  • cooperation
  • communities
  • negative impact
  • economy
  • businesses
  • loss of employment
  • financial instability
  • mental health issues
  • disruption
  • education
  • social isolation
  • loneliness
  • rise
  • domestic violence cases
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