While the COVID-19 pandemic proceeds, strict measures have to be taken by authorities to control the spread of the virus and protect groups that are more vulnerable to the disease.

Cities that were throbbing with life in different part of the world were forced to shut down. Although the spread of the virus spotlights inequalities in the accessibility to basic services and rose different challenges for vulnerable communities who couldn’t even afford to stay at their homes, the lockdown also had unexpected benefits and positive impacts on different matters, from climate to people’s daily lives.