COVID-19 and the Sustainable Development Goals: Societal Influence explores how the coronavirus pandemic impacts the implementation of the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), paying particular attention to socioeconomic and disaster risk management dimensions. Sections provide a foundational understanding of the virus and its risk factors, cover relevant mitigation measures for minimizing the spread of COVID-19, explore the virus's originations and transmission mechanisms, and look at gold standard procedures for COVID-19 testing and antibody-based diagnosis. Final sections present the latest insights on the global effects of COVID-19 and examine potential future challenges, opportunities and strategic responses.

Part 1: COVID-19 Effects on Sustainable Global Goals (SDG's) 1. Effect of the COVID-19 on Hunger and food crisis 2. Effect of the COVID-19 on availability of clean water and sanitization 3. Effects of COVID 19 on future education: imagining tomorrow's lessons 4. Effect of the COVID-19 on access to affordable and clean energy 5. Effect of the COVID-19 on decent work, economic growth and world trade 6. Effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the sports industry 7. COVID-19 impacts on air pollution and climate change 8. Air quality during COVID-19 lockdown and its implication towards Sustainable Development goals 9. COVID-19 Pandemic; the Fears and Hopes for SDG 3, with focus on prevention and control of Non-communicable Diseases (SDG 3.4) and Universal Health Coverage (SDG 3.8) 10. Effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on psychological aspects 11. Effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the social factors 12. Impact of COVID 19 in curbing the goals of ensuring sustainable development of life on land (SDG 15) and below water (SDG 14) 13. Global implications of biodiversity loss on pandemic disease: COVID-19