Review of COVID-19 epidemiology and public health response in Europe in 2020

Objective: This study focuses on the epidemiology of COVID-19 in Europe and investigates public health response in severely hit countries. Methods: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, Oxford COVID-19 Government Response Tracker and Health System Response Monitor were referred. The re...

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Autores principales:	Mehak Nanda, Aashima, Rajesh Sharma
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Lenguaje:	EN
Publicado:	Elsevier 2021
Materias:	COVID-19 Europe Epidemiology Stringency Public health response Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:a940359ac784422ea35466f45f5f78532021-11-04T04:30:35ZReview of COVID-19 epidemiology and public health response in Europe in 20202213-398410.1016/j.cegh.2021.100882https://doaj.org/article/a940359ac784422ea35466f45f5f78532021-10-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213398421001901https://doaj.org/toc/2213-3984Objective: This study focuses on the epidemiology of COVID-19 in Europe and investigates public health response in severely hit countries. Methods: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, Oxford COVID-19 Government Response Tracker and Health System Response Monitor were referred. The relationship between stringency index and COVID-19 cases, and between speed of stringency implementation and growth of cases was examined using linear regression. Results: The case-fatality ratio (CFR) of Europe (2.35%) was higher than the global CFR (2.2%). United Kingdom, Russia, France, Italy, Spain, and Germany together, accounted for 61.15% of cases and 65.62% of deaths in Europe. Significant relationship was observed between growth of COVID-19 cases and late substantive stringency imposed by countries. Population aged 65 and above (r = 0.9037, p < 0.01) and male population (r = 0.8701, p < 0.01) were significantly and positively correlated with COVID-19 deaths. The public health system of even big European countries encountered roadblocks, such as shortages of healthcare resources and deferral of non-COVID-19 treatments while dealing with the unprecedented pandemic. Conclusion: Even big and richest European countries delayed the implementation of non-pharmaceutical interventions which led to rapid virus transmission. The pandemic has posed a reminder to make the public health system more resilient, as epidemics and pandemics of this nature will continue to threaten in future as well.Mehak Nanda AashimaRajesh SharmaElsevierarticleCOVID-19EuropeEpidemiologyStringencyPublic health responsePublic aspects of medicineRA1-1270ENClinical Epidemiology and Global Health, Vol 12, Iss , Pp 100882- (2021)
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spellingShingle	COVID-19 Europe Epidemiology Stringency Public health response Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 Mehak Nanda Aashima Rajesh Sharma Review of COVID-19 epidemiology and public health response in Europe in 2020
description	Objective: This study focuses on the epidemiology of COVID-19 in Europe and investigates public health response in severely hit countries. Methods: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, Oxford COVID-19 Government Response Tracker and Health System Response Monitor were referred. The relationship between stringency index and COVID-19 cases, and between speed of stringency implementation and growth of cases was examined using linear regression. Results: The case-fatality ratio (CFR) of Europe (2.35%) was higher than the global CFR (2.2%). United Kingdom, Russia, France, Italy, Spain, and Germany together, accounted for 61.15% of cases and 65.62% of deaths in Europe. Significant relationship was observed between growth of COVID-19 cases and late substantive stringency imposed by countries. Population aged 65 and above (r = 0.9037, p < 0.01) and male population (r = 0.8701, p < 0.01) were significantly and positively correlated with COVID-19 deaths. The public health system of even big European countries encountered roadblocks, such as shortages of healthcare resources and deferral of non-COVID-19 treatments while dealing with the unprecedented pandemic. Conclusion: Even big and richest European countries delayed the implementation of non-pharmaceutical interventions which led to rapid virus transmission. The pandemic has posed a reminder to make the public health system more resilient, as epidemics and pandemics of this nature will continue to threaten in future as well.
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title_short	Review of COVID-19 epidemiology and public health response in Europe in 2020
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Review of COVID-19 epidemiology and public health response in Europe in 2020

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