Comparing the Scope and Efficacy of COVID-19 Response Strategies in 16 Countries: An Overview

Liudmila Rozanova, Alexander Temerev and Antoine Flahault
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Liudmila Rozanova: Institute of Global Health, University of Geneva, 1202 Geneva, Switzerland
Alexander Temerev: Institute of Global Health, University of Geneva, 1202 Geneva, Switzerland
Antoine Flahault: Institute of Global Health, University of Geneva, 1202 Geneva, Switzerland

IJERPH, 2020, vol. 17, issue 24, 1-17

Abstract: This article synthesizes the results of case studies on the development of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and control measures by governments in 16 countries. When this work was conducted, only 6 months had passed since the pandemic began, and only 4 months since the first events were recognized outside of China. It was too early to draw firm conclusions about the effectiveness of measures in each of the selected countries; however, the authors present some efforts to identify and classify response and containment measures, country-by-country, for future comparison and analysis. There is a significant variety of policy tools and response measures employed in different countries, and while it is still hard to directly compare the different approaches based on their efficacy, it will definitely provide many inputs for the future data analysis efforts.

Keywords: COVID-19; coronavirus; case studies; comparison; public health; epidemic response (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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