Scrutiny of COVID-19 response strategies among severely affected European nations

Although the health care systems in Europe are considered the global benchmark, European nations were severely affected by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. This manuscript aimed to examine the strategies implemented to combat the COVID-19 pandemic by France, the United Kingdom, Spai...

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Autores principales:	Shine Stephen, Alwin Issac, Rakesh Vadakkethil Radhakrishnan, Jaison Jacob, VR Vijay, Sam Jose, SM Azhar, Anoop S. Nair, Nadiya Krishnan, Rakesh Sharma, Manju Dhandapani
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Publicado:	Korea Centers for Disease Control & Prevention 2021
Materias:	coronavirus covid-19 europe health policy pandemics Special situations and conditions RC952-1245 Infectious and parasitic diseases RC109-216
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:d674c86dc40a46fe8d19887317c6c4232021-11-05T00:06:00ZScrutiny of COVID-19 response strategies among severely affected European nations2210-90992210-911010.24171/j.phrp.2021.0068https://doaj.org/article/d674c86dc40a46fe8d19887317c6c4232021-08-01T00:00:00Zhttp://ophrp.org/upload/pdf/j-phrp-2021-0068.pdfhttps://doaj.org/toc/2210-9099https://doaj.org/toc/2210-9110Although the health care systems in Europe are considered the global benchmark, European nations were severely affected by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. This manuscript aimed to examine the strategies implemented to combat the COVID-19 pandemic by France, the United Kingdom, Spain, Italy, Germany, and Russia and their outcomes in terms of the number of cases, testing, and deaths. This is the first review of its kind that extensively analyzes the preparedness, mitigation, and response strategies against the COVID-19 pandemic adopted by these nations. This paper further suggests a strategic preparedness model for future pandemics. From the analysis, we found that a decentralized approach, prompt decision-making and timely execution, coordination between local health authorities, and public participation in the implementation of strategies could substantially reduce the case fatality rate. Nations with a high percentage of gross domestic product invested in the health sector, as well as more nurses, physicians, hospital beds, intensive care unit beds, and ventilators, better managed the pandemic. Instead, nations that postponed their pandemic response by delaying tracking, tracing, testing, quarantine, and lockdown were badly affected. The lessons learned from the present pandemic could be used as a guide to prepare for further pandemics.Shine StephenAlwin IssacRakesh Vadakkethil RadhakrishnanJaison JacobVR VijaySam JoseSM AzharAnoop S. NairNadiya KrishnanRakesh SharmaManju DhandapaniKorea Centers for Disease Control & Preventionarticlecoronaviruscovid-19europehealth policypandemicsSpecial situations and conditionsRC952-1245Infectious and parasitic diseasesRC109-216ENOsong Public Health and Research Perspectives, Vol 12, Iss 4, Pp 203-214 (2021)
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description	Although the health care systems in Europe are considered the global benchmark, European nations were severely affected by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. This manuscript aimed to examine the strategies implemented to combat the COVID-19 pandemic by France, the United Kingdom, Spain, Italy, Germany, and Russia and their outcomes in terms of the number of cases, testing, and deaths. This is the first review of its kind that extensively analyzes the preparedness, mitigation, and response strategies against the COVID-19 pandemic adopted by these nations. This paper further suggests a strategic preparedness model for future pandemics. From the analysis, we found that a decentralized approach, prompt decision-making and timely execution, coordination between local health authorities, and public participation in the implementation of strategies could substantially reduce the case fatality rate. Nations with a high percentage of gross domestic product invested in the health sector, as well as more nurses, physicians, hospital beds, intensive care unit beds, and ventilators, better managed the pandemic. Instead, nations that postponed their pandemic response by delaying tracking, tracing, testing, quarantine, and lockdown were badly affected. The lessons learned from the present pandemic could be used as a guide to prepare for further pandemics.
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author	Shine Stephen Alwin Issac Rakesh Vadakkethil Radhakrishnan Jaison Jacob VR Vijay Sam Jose SM Azhar Anoop S. Nair Nadiya Krishnan Rakesh Sharma Manju Dhandapani
author_facet	Shine Stephen Alwin Issac Rakesh Vadakkethil Radhakrishnan Jaison Jacob VR Vijay Sam Jose SM Azhar Anoop S. Nair Nadiya Krishnan Rakesh Sharma Manju Dhandapani
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title	Scrutiny of COVID-19 response strategies among severely affected European nations
title_short	Scrutiny of COVID-19 response strategies among severely affected European nations
title_full	Scrutiny of COVID-19 response strategies among severely affected European nations
title_fullStr	Scrutiny of COVID-19 response strategies among severely affected European nations
title_full_unstemmed	Scrutiny of COVID-19 response strategies among severely affected European nations
title_sort	scrutiny of covid-19 response strategies among severely affected european nations
publisher	Korea Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
publishDate	2021
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Scrutiny of COVID-19 response strategies among severely affected European nations

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