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The most effective measure to cope with coronavirus is staying at home, as constantly pointed out by the authorities. However, maintaining your psychological health, during these social isolation days, is very important as well. It is possible to look after your mental health online. 

Experts warn against health myths, bad fitness advice often originating from health websites and social media that draw from nothing but hearsay.  Rıdvan Aktan, Lecturer at Physiotherapy Program, Vocational School of Health Services, Izmir University of Economics (IUE) warned those, who try out different exercises at a time in which people are less active because of self-quarantine at home due to coronavirus. 

Izmir University of Economics (IUE) continues to provide hassle-free distance education to its 10 thousand students with its strong technical infrastructure and allows them to develop themselves regardless of time and place. With full attendance to classes since 23 March, when the distance education first started, IUE students expressed their satisfaction on the “accessibility of course materials”, “student-instructor interaction” and “tech skills of academics”, in the surveys.

Prof. Burcu Güneri Çangarlı, Acting Dean of Faculty of Business, Izmir University of Economics (IUE), shared some practical tips for those who must work from home due to coronavirus measures, and warned about “pajama” and “hairdo”. 

Coronavirus anxiety and quarantining could increase eating disorder risk, the experts warn. Asst. Prof. Betül Öztürk, Director of School of Applied Management Sciences, Izmir University of Economics (IUE), said, “People may turn to food for comfort when facing a difficult problem, feeling stressed or even feeling bored, which is defined as ‘emotional eating’. Emotional eating can result in excessive weight gain as well as other illnesses.”

Prof. Oğuz Esen, Lecturer at Department of Economics, Izmir University of Economics (IUE), reported that education was one of the leading sectors that got affected by the coronavirus pandemic globally.  In his study regarding higher education worldwide, Prof. Esen reminded that 1,5 billion students and 63 million educators in all levels of education got affected. 

Coronavirus pandemic is not only a threat to human health but to global economy as well. Prof. Ayla Oğuş Binatlı, Lecturer at Department of Economics, Izmir University of Economics (IUE), pointed that economic growth, in countries affected by the pandemic, would decrease. Prof. Binatlı said, “Economy will shrink more as the battle against the pandemic continues. Unemployment rates will increase despite the precautions. As the unemployment increases, shrinking industries will not grow again, and profitability will decrease.”

Izmir University of Economics (IUE), which owns Learning Management System, a system supported with the latest technology and being used by a limited number of universities nationwide, provided distance education to its approximately 10 thousand students. 

Psychologists often recommend to “focus on present” in order to cope with high levels of anxiety when we are all confined to homes during these days due to the coronavirus outbreak. 

Izmir University of Economics (IUE) started to produce “face shields” to protect healthcare professionals who have been working tirelessly day and night against coronavirus (Covid-19).