Abstract

Novel coronavirus-19 (COVID-19) stealthily began its march across the globe at the tail end of 2019 in Wuhan, China and within months had reached all corners of the planet in devastating fashion. (Rajkumar, 2020; Galea, Merchant Lurie, 2020). The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted people of all nations, races, socioeconomic groups and genders. The ferocity of the virus led governments to take the unprecedented steps of closing schools, courts of law, businesses and entire communities. Shelter-in-place orders and physical distancing mandates have been implemented worldwide (Shanafelt, Ripp Trockle, 2020; Galea, Merchant