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A year into Covid-19 in SA: Lockdown burnout is real so how do we keep functioning?
By Jehran Naidoo
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DURBAN - At the start of the coronavirus pandemic, when South African President Cyril Ramaphosa announced that the country would be entering a 21-day lockdown from March 27, 2020, we all thought, ’Yay! We re going to work from home!
“Yay! We’re gonna save on fuel!”
Almost a year later, as the country observes the first anniversary since the inception of the Covid-19 lockdown, working from home seems like the most tedious task one could ever undertake.
Throughout the working world, both employees and management had to quickly become accustomed to what is now being called the “new norm”, which is: avoid human contact as far as possible.
S.Africans urged to look out for signs of lockdown burnout as pandemic continues Medical experts have said living under sustained COVID-19 pandemic conditions, coupled with the demands from everyday life, can lead to chronic stress and eventually, burnout. The COVID-19 pandemic not only unleashed fear and anxiety around contracting the virus itself, but it’s also added more pressure on daily life.Picture: Pixabay.com
CAPE TOWN – Psychologists have urged South Africans to guard against “lockdown burnout” and “pandemic fatigue”.
Medical experts have said living under sustained COVID-19 pandemic conditions, coupled with the demands from everyday life, can lead to chronic stress and eventually, burnout.