Transport impacts in Germany and State of Qatar: An assessment during the first wave of COVID-19.

ABSTRACT: Response measures to contain COVID-19 spread varied from country to country, some imposed a complete lockdown while some imposed partial restrictions. This paper compares the transport impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic for two countries having dissimilar characteristics, Germany and State of Qatar, based on the rates of infection and response measures. Secondary data, obtained from Google mobility reports, and primary data, collected from local agencies, were used for comparison purposes. The secondary data comparison from February 2020 to July 2020 indicated an overall decline in mobility for all commercial activities and an increase was noted for parks and residential locations for Saxony, Germany. For State of Qatar, the mobility was decreased to all places except residential locations.

SUBMITTER: Jaekel B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8752045 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature