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The COVID-19 pandemic started in China in December 2019 and spread worldwide. On March 22, 2020, Indian Prime Minister Modi called for a ‘Janata Curfew’ to protect the individuals, their families and the entire society from the virus. He addressed the nation eight to nine times to strengthen the will of his people. All government…

It's been circulating on social media that Germany has the strictest COVID restrictions in the world, according to the COVID Stringency Index. Is this true?

We forecast real household spending in Thailand to post growth of 0.2% year-on-year in 2021, following a contraction estimated at 11.8% last year as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic and related lockdown measures.

The 5th Independent Expert Group Meeting, convened by WHO Sri Lanka, has said Sri Lanka will be able to avert about 18,000 deaths by Jan 2022 only if the level of stringency is immediately increased similar to May 2021, for four weeks.

To Test, or Not To Test – the COVID-19 Question Current Coronavirus statistics likely underrepresent the true disaster occurring in low-income countries. Dr Cristina Isabel Ibarra-Armenta & Dr Moisés Alejandro Alarcon-Osuna Dr Cristina Isabel Ibarra-Armenta is a lecturer at the Autonomous University of Sinaloa and UNICAF University. Dr Moisés Alejandro Alarcon-Osuna is a lecturer at the University of Guadalajara, and a member of the Mexican System of National Researchers from CONACYT (Natio...

Advertisement London: Saudi Arabia last week eased the ban on citizens flying abroad that it introduced at the start of the pandemic, leaving Australia increasingly an outlier in restricting its own citizens from travelling. The kingdom was one of just a handful of countries that imposed an outward travel ban. In North Korea, it is illegal to leave the country without the government’s permission, but the repressive regime imposed this on its citizens long before the pandemic. Closed check-...

India’s stringency index jumps as most part of the country locks down May 11, 2021 ×   India currently has the second highest number of cumulative infections in the world after the US, with over three lakh new cases every day. While there is no national lockdown, most States have imposed partial or complete lockdowns since April in an effort to combat the pandemic. These restrictions have impacted the Stringency Index of India, taking it to 73.61 as on April 30. With States such as Tamil Na...

Meeting of CNB Board members with analysts 05/07/2021 | 07:16am EDT Send by mail : Message : Meeting with Analysts Presentation Outline Comparison with the Previous Forecast Longer-LastingPandemic Scenario GDP decomp Buoyant GDP growth in the effective euro area will resume during the year owing to growing vaccination coverage and reopening economies. The economy will return to its potential output level over the forecast h...

How does the Netherlands’ happiness compare to its COVID-19 response? Facebook How does the Netherlands’ happiness compare to its COVID-19 response? Facebook Whats up A recent study conducted by Tracking Happiness looked into 138 countries’ handling of the coronavirus pandemic, and how their approach may have impacted the happiness of their respective populations. According to the research, the Netherlands is one of the only countries included in the study that had a relatively strict CO...

Abstract Brazil has been severely hit by COVID-19, with rapid spatial spread of both cases and deaths. We use daily data on reported cases and deaths to understand, measure, and compare the spatiotemporal pattern of the spread across municipalities. Indicators of clustering, trajectories, speed, and intensity of the movement of COVID-19 to interior areas, combined with indices of policy measures show that while no single narrative explains the diversity in the spread, an overall failure of impl...