Abstract:
This article examines the impact of novel COVID-19 on the Sustainable Development Goals known as the Global Goals Agenda. It investigates the effects of COVID-19 on the health and lives of the people, the employment of people, educational systems, the economic development of the nations, the social gatherings, religious worships, increasing the poverty levels of the poor due to their daily earnings who were lockdown for months, partnerships across the world that become standstill, and its effects on the past and incoming conferences, workshops and symposiums worldwide. The study used secondary data through the World Health Organization's report on COVID-19 and its effects, United Nations Reports on Sustainable Development Goals, Various Countries report on the effects of the virus on their economies. We found out that COVID-19 has a significant impact on all the aspect of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) worldwide. Major among the areas affected are Employment/jobs, Health, Food production and distribution, poverty and hunger, Economic activities, Industries, transportation and partnerships. We recommend that effective measures should be taken by the World Health Organization and the various countries governments to help end this serious and widely spread pandemic across the world.
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