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Navigating the (Post-) Pandemic Landscape: An Analysis of COVID-19’s Current Status and Future Implications

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 February 2025

Filippo Bistagnino ,
Arunkumar Subramanian  and
Marcos Roberto Tovani-Palone Open the ORCID record for Marcos Roberto Tovani-Palone [Opens in a new window]
Filippo Bistagnino
Affiliation:
Department of Medical Biotechnology and Translational Medicine, International Medical School, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
Arunkumar Subramanian
Affiliation:
Department of Pharmacology, SRM College of Pharmacy, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulathur, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Marcos Roberto Tovani-Palone*
Affiliation:
Department of Research Analytics, Saveetha Dental College and Hospitals, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences (SIMATS), Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
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Corresponding author: Marcos Roberto Tovani-Palone; Email: [email protected]
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Abstract

Although it is true that the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) situation has improved significantly around the world, especially after the implementation of mass vaccination campaigns, there is still a lack of consensus both in the literature and among health authorities and other stakeholders about the current epidemiological situation. This, in turn, has been intensified after the World Health Organization declared the end of the public health emergency of international concern related to COVID-19. In this context, worrying questions have arisen, including a rampant dissemination of scientific misinformation coupled with increased resistance to the implementation and/or revocation of appropriate public health measures. In response to these challenges and hoping to contribute to their mitigation, this article addresses current aspects about the epidemiological situation of COVID-19, discusses long COVID and its controversies, the intensification of scientific misinformation as well as considerations on related health surveillance, and recommendations for improving the existing situation.

Keywords

COVID-19pandemicspublic health surveillancepost-acute COVID-19 syndrome
Type
Concepts in Disaster Medicine
Information
Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness , Volume 19 , 2025 , e44
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© The Author(s), 2025. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of Society for Disaster Medicine and Public Health, Inc.

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