Abstract
Two months after the World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 a pandemic, Colombia has reported over 10,000 confirmed cases of the disease and 400 deaths. On March 25, 2020, a stay-at-home (SAH) order was issued country-wide to prevent the spread of the virus. After that, media channels reported the suicide of a middle-aged man in Santa Marta, a city located on the Caribbean coast. At least three times, authorities had scold him for violating the SAH order, and he claimed at court that, for working as a street vendor, he would not be able to feed his family if forced to stay at home. According to the media, his arrest might play a role in his suicide
| Translated title of the contribution | Impacto psicosocial de la cuarentena debido a la COVID-19: reflexiones tras el primer caso de suicidio en Colombia |
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| Original language | English (US) |
| Article number | e00117420 |
| Pages (from-to) | 1-2 |
| Number of pages | 2 |
| Journal | Cadernos de Saude Publica |
| Volume | 36 |
| Issue number | 6 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jun 2020 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health