The impact of the government response on pandemic control in the long run-A dynamic empirical analysis based on COVID-19.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Although the outbreak of the Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) occurred on a global scale, governments from different countries adopted different policies and achieved different anti-epidemic effects. The purpose of this study is to investigate whether and how the government response affected the transmission scale of COVID-19 on the dynamic perspective.

Methodology

This paper uses a dynamic generalized moment method to research the relationship between the government response and COVID-19 case fatality rate by using panel data from eight countries: China, United States, Canada, Australia, Italy, France, Japan, and South Korea.

Findings

We have the following findings: 1. Government responses have a significant impact on the scale of COVID-19 transmission. 2

SUBMITTER: Zhou Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9067654 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature