International Journal of Health Sciences Available online at www.sciencescholar.us Vol. 5 No. 2, August 2021, pages: vi-ix e-ISSN: 2550-696X, p-ISSN: 2550-6978 https://doi.org/10.53730/ijhs.v5n2.2937 vi The COVID-19 Pandemic I Wayan Suryasa a , María Rodríguez-Gámez b , Tihnov Koldoris c Editorial Abstract Keywords cardiovascular disease; COVID-19; health education; mental health; pandemic; pneumonia; public health measure; respiratory problems; Sars-Co-2; Humanity has been on its way accompanied by epidemics, as man has evolved, he has faced different problems that have affected most of society. In the last 50 years, more viruses have appeared that have affected different regions and multiple countries; but one of the most distributed worldwide is COVID-19. The objective is to offer some information related to this pandemic and its evolution in different countries. The bibliographic review method was used even though some bibliographies are very recent, but it has allowed us to know their behavior and follow-up. The results of the countries most affected by this pandemic are shown, where it could be said that Italy has increasingly affected all of them and some countries in Asia, the United States, Latin America, and the Caribbean have been the most affected. International Journal of Health Sciences © 2021. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Introduction At the present time one of the most contagious in history is going through, the current pandemic produced by the SARS-CoV-2 influenza virus, coronavirus. Cause of the pandemic is named by the World Health Organization as COVID-19 (PAHO, 2020). The characterization now of pandemic means that the epidemic has spread to several countries, continents, or the whole world, and that it affects many people, which even today continues to affect mainly Europe. One of the most serious problems that the transmission currently causes is citizen irresponsibility, first many do not want to be vaccinated and others because they do not use the means of protection (Bansal, 2020; Perret-Guillaume et al., 2009; O'Loughlin et al., 1999). Governments must take measures to help curb this situation, considering the new Omicron variant, it is so dangerous due to its rapid spread that it is already in the community transmission phase, for example in New York (WORLD, 2021). a ITB STIKOM Bali, Denpasar, Indonesia b Universidad Técnica de Manabí, Portoviejo, Ecuador c Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom