Ecological comparison of six countries in two waves of Covid-19

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ID22067973
AutoresMeiheng Liu (Southern Medical University), Leiyu Shi (0000-0001-9227-0849, Johns Hopkins University), Manfei Yang (Southern Medical University), Jun Jiao (0000-0003-2768-2809, Southern Medical University), Junyan Yang (0009-0006-4487-3999, Southern Medical University), Mengyuan Ma (Southern Medical University), Wanzhen Xie (Southern Medical University), Gang Sun (0000-0001-6913-6799, Johns Hopkins University, autor de correspondencia)
Año2024
Volumen12
Páginas1277457-1277457
Fecha de publicación2024-02-28
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaFrontiers in Public Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 2296-2565 • E-ISSN: 2296-2565
EditorialFrontiers Media SA (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3389/fpubh.2024.1277457
PMID38481850
OpenAlexW4392235667
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas1
Referencias citadas37

Objective: The purpose of this study is to provide experience and evidence support for countries to deal with similar public health emergencies such as COVID-19 by comparing and analyzing the measures taken by six countries in epidemic prevention and control. Methods: This study extracted public data on COVID-19 from the official website of various countries and used ecological comparative research methods to compare the specific situation of indicators such as daily tests per thousand people, stringency index, and total vaccinations per hundred people in countries. Results: The cumulative death toll in China, Germany and Australia was significantly lower than that in the United States, South Africa and Italy. Expanding the scale of testing has helped control the spread of the epidemic to some extent. When the epidemic situation is severe, the stringency index increases, and when the epidemic situation tends to ease, the stringency index decreases. Increased vaccination rates, while helping to build an immune barrier, still need to be used in conjunction with non-drug interventions. Conclusion: The implementation of non-drug interventions and vaccine measures greatly affected the epidemic prevention and control effect. In responding to public health emergencies such as the COVID-19 epidemic, countries should draw on international experience, closely align with their national conditions, follow the laws of epidemiology, actively take non-drug intervention measures, and vigorously promote vaccine research and development and vaccination

Ecological study · Environmental health · Geography · Population · Psychological intervention · Public health · Public health interventions · Vaccination · COVID-19 epidemiological studies · Medicine · Yersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites research · Zoonotic diseases and public health · Epidemiology · Virology