ABSTRACT

“Epidemics throw into question people’s moral responsibilities to the communities in which they live, sharply emphasising the difficulties of balancing public and private interest. Since the nineteenth century, the main locus of the tension in Europe and America has been the imposition of quarantines or restrictions on travel or trade to prevent the spread of disease.” Sabra Klein, a professor of John Hopkins school of public health, went a step further and clarified that gender difference became a major factor among the older population. In a pre-pandemic report, the World Health Organisation stated, “women account for 70% of the health and social care workforce, gaps in health worker supply will not be closed without addressing the gender dynamics of the health and social workforce. The female health and social care workers who deliver the majority of care in all settings face barriers at work not faced by their male colleagues.