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Indian Journal of Research in Anthropology

Volume  7, Issue 1, January-June 2021, Pages 31-36
 

Original Article

Social Distancing or Physical Distancing: An Imposed Moral Dilemma in People of India

Banita Behera, Abhishikta Ghosh Roy, M R Gangadhar

1Museums Incharage of Officer, Anthropological Survey, Ministry of Culture, Government of India, Southern Regional Center, Mysuru 570006, Karnataka, India, 2Anthropological Survey of India, Ministry of Culture, Government of India, Central Regional Center, Nagpur 440006, Maharashtra, India, 3Professor & Chairman, Department of Studies in Anthropology, University of Mysore, Manasagangotri, Mysuru 570006, Karnataka, India.

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.21088/ijra.2454.9118.7121.3

Abstract

The outbreak of pandemic COVID–19 in different countries including India is intensifying and leading to take urgent measures on priority to prevent the spread of the virus to the Humankind. The important steps have necessitated the immediate adoption of measures to ensure social distancing in order to prevent the transmission of the virus. Every individual of the world is expected to cooperate in the implementation of such measure steps designed to reduce the transmission of the virus. Scaling down the challenges that associated with the outbreak of COVID-19 the conventional operations within the precincts comes first which necessary to ensure compliance with social distancing guidelines issued from time to time by various health authorities and Government. Become an exception during this period Social distancing term faced with the unprecedented and extraordinary outbreak of moral dilemma in people. It is necessary that Social Scientists as guardian of the society at all levels respond to the call of the people on social or physical distancing and ensure that the measures adopted to control the spread of virus by issuing directions and taking recourse between both.


Keywords : COVID-19; Social distancing; Physical distancing; Virus; Pandemic.
Corresponding Author : Banita Behera