A cross-country core strategy comparison in China, Japan, Singapore and South Korea during the early COVID-19 pandemic

Chen, Haiqian; Shi, Leiyu; Zhang, Yuyao; Wang, Xiaohan; Sun, Gang

doi:10.1186/s12992-021-00672-w

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“…These countries have bene ted from their experience in the past in the prevention and control of epidemics. [90] There are a number of issues with the use of the CFR to compare the management of the pandemic between countries and regions, [91] as it does not depict the true picture of the mortality burden of the pandemic. A major challenge with accurate calculation of the CFR is the denominator.…”

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Analysis of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Lessons for a Contextualized and Effective Response to Public Health Emergencies

Assefa

Gilks

Reid

et al. 2021

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Background: The pandemic of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a timely reminder of the nature and impact of Public Health Emergencies of International Concern. As of 27 May 2021, there were over 169 million cases and over 3.5 million deaths notified since the start of the pandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic takes variable shapes and forms in different regions and countries of the world. The objective of this study is to analyse the COVID-19 pandemic so that lessons can be learned towards an effective public health emergency response. Methods: We conducted a mixed-methods study to understand the heterogeneity of the COVID-19 pandemic. Correlation analysis and scatter plot were employed for the quantitative data. We used Spearman’s correlation analysis. Thematic analysis was conducted on the qualitative data to explain the findings from the quantitative data.Results: We have found that regions and countries with high human development index are most affected by COVID-19 due to international connectedness and mobility of their population related to trade and tourism, and their vulnerability related to older populations and higher rates of non-communicable diseases. The pattern of the pandemic is also variable among high- and middle-income countries due to differences in the governance of the pandemic, fragmentation of health systems, and socio-economic inequities. Conclusion: The aspiration towards a healthier and safer society requires that countries develop and implement a coherent and context-specific national strategy, improve governance of public health emergencies, build the capacity of their (public) health systems, minimize fragmentation, and tackle upstream structural issues, including socio-economic inequities. This is possible through a primary health care approach, which ensures provision of universal and equitable promotive, preventive and curative services, through whole-of-government and whole-of-society approaches.

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confidence: 99%

Analysis of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Lessons for a Contextualized and Effective Response to Public Health Emergencies

Assefa

Gilks

Reid

et al. 2021

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“…There have also been survey efforts across many countries that produced timely and very granular information on how people's social and economic lives were affected by the pandemic, including surveys of researchers. An example on the social effects is the Household Pulse Survey of the US Census Bureau, which tracks the mental, social and economic health of citizens (CDC, 2020 [140]). More closely to STI, many surveys were implemented at different stages of the COVID-19 crisis to learn more about the impacts of the crisis on researchers, such as the OECD Science Flash Survey 2020 (OECD, 2020 [54]).…”

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What future for science, technology and innovation after COVID-19?

Paunov

Planes-Satorra

2021

OECD Science, Technology and Industry Policy Papers

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The COVID-19 crisis may bring lasting socioeconomic changes, also affecting science, technology and innovation (STI). This paper discusses the effects that the COVID-19 crisis could have on the future of STI and its policies, building on lessons learned from past crises, an analysis of diverse sources of early data and insights from expert discussions in international policy fora. Factors shaping the future of STI include the unequal effects of the crisis on R&D spending across sectors, the accelerated adoption of digital tools and techniques, and changes in the openness and inclusiveness of research and innovation ecosystems. The paper also explores how STI policy could experience fundamental changes as resilience, environmental sustainability and inclusiveness become more prominent objectives on policy agendas. This includes experimentation with new data and digital tools for policy purposes and unconventional policy approaches, which could spur the adoption of new and more effective STI policies.

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“…Japan was included into one of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries that aim for elimination. However, unfortunately, the government COVID-19 committee of Japan keeps mitigation strategy, so-called With-Corona policy (2). In fact, as of April 26, the cumulative deaths per 100,000 people was 7.9 in Japan and it was 3.5, 26, and 158 times greater than those of South Korea, China, and Taiwan, respectively (3).…”

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Japan’s Covid mitigation strategy and its epidemic prediction

Tokuda

Kuniya

2021

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The COVID-19 epidemic curve in Japan was constructed based on daily reported data from January 14, 2020 until April 20, 2021. A SEIR compartmental model was used for the curve fitting by updating the estimation per wave. In the current vaccination pace of 1/1000, restrictions (state of emergency in Japan) would be repeated 4 times until the end of next March. In the case of 1/500, another round of restriction would be required in the summer 2021, after which the infection would be mitigated. In the case of 1/250, there would be no need for restriction after the current spring restriction. The scenario of completing the vaccination of 110 million people by the end of March 2020 corresponds to the case of 1/250 in this curve. When considering the likely spread of variant with greater infectiousness (here we assume 1.3 times greater than the original virus), 1/500 pace of vaccination would not be enough to contain it and need several series of restrictions. There are currently several variants of concern that are already spreading in urban areas in this country. In the new stage of the replacement of variants, if the vaccination pace could not be quadrupled from the current pace, Japan could not become a zero covid (zero corona) country at least one year.

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A cross-country core strategy comparison in China, Japan, Singapore and South Korea during the early COVID-19 pandemic

Cited by 67 publications

References 10 publications

Analysis of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Lessons for a Contextualized and Effective Response to Public Health Emergencies

Analysis of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Lessons for a Contextualized and Effective Response to Public Health Emergencies

What future for science, technology and innovation after COVID-19?

Japan’s Covid mitigation strategy and its epidemic prediction

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