Social Support as Panacea for Psychological Symptoms of COVID-19

The news of COVID 19 in the nations of the world made millions of people, young and old,rich and poor to stay indoors. Students have been out of school, markets closed down, jobsstopped while some are retrenched, even movements within and outside the states banned, allbecause of the pandemic. As a result, it has been observed that a lot of people have developedcertain psychological symptoms of anxiety, depression, boredom, isolation, aggressivetendencies and many others. This paper therefore explores the importance of social supportin curbing these psychological symptoms thereby making people psychologically stable.