State Fragility and the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic: An Ecologic Analysis of Data from 146 Countries

Back to results
Author(s)
Duan, Y., J. Ma, Y. Huang, X. Chen, and Z.J. Zheng
Publication language
English
Date published
01 Mar 2021
Publisher
Global Health Journal
Type
Articles
Keywords
Data, COVID-19
Link
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2414644721000026?via%3Dihub

Global spread and impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic are determined to a large extent, by resistance to the pandemic and public response of all countries in the world; while a country's resistance and response are in turn determined by its political and socio economic conditions. To inform future disease prevention and control, we analyzed global data to exam the relationship between state vulnerabilities and COVID-19 incidences and deaths.