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“Deep Knowledge Group’s new special analytical case study COVID-19 is designed to classify, analyze and rank the economic, social and health stability achieved by each of the 250 countries and regions included in its analysis, as well as the strengths , weaknesses, opportunities and the threats or risks they present in the battle against the global economic and health crisis caused by COVID-19, ”said the group.
New Zealand ranked particularly well in the ‘quarantine efficiency’ category, higher than any other nation. We also did better than Germany, which ranks first in ‘monitoring and detection’, ‘country vulnerability’ and ’emergency preparedness’.
The United States is currently ranked 55, because it is “imbued with a libertarian spirit” and citizens are not responding well to restrictions.
“The culture of North America in general, and of the United States in particular, is permeated with a libertarian spirit and the population does not respond favorably to authoritarian measures such as lockdowns and the mandatory use of masks, however temporary and effective they may be recognized. . ”
The report also compared the initial response of the United States with that of its neighbor Canada.
“These two neighboring countries initially had similar patterns of jagged spikes, but Canada lagged behind the US several days. The main divergence started in March, although it was not clearly visible at the time. Since their numbers remained equally low and negligible until March, it only took a few days for daily growth in the United States to approach 50 percent, so that in less than a week the total number of cases was five times higher than in Canada, and five days then it was 10 times bigger. “
The South American country of Uruguay (48th) also receives a special mention for its response.
“It is a high degree of social responsibility of its citizens and authorities, which prevents the spread of the pandemic,” says the report.
“A national health emergency was declared, with associated measures, after the first four deaths, which leads to a much lower number of total incidents in absolute measures and per 1 million inhabitants, as well as a level of mortality more or less low, despite the fact that 15 percent of the Uruguayan population is 65 or older. “
The 50 safest countries, according to the report:
- Germany
- New Zealand
- South Korea
- Switzerland
- Japan
- Australia
- China
- Austria
- United Arab Emirates
- Singapore
- Israel
- Canada
- Saudi Arabia
- Iceland
- Taiwan
- Norway
- Liechtenstein
- Hong Kong
- Finland
- Kuwait
- Denmark
- Monaco
- Luxembourg
- Bahrain
- Hungary
- Netherlands
- Qatar
- Cyprus
- Oman
- Andorra
- UK
- Vietnam
- Estonia
- Latvia
- Ireland
- Turkey
- Poland
- San Marino
- Belgium
- Georgia
- Greece
- Lithuania
- Italy
- malt
- Russia
- Malaysia
- Slovenia
- Uruguay
- Sweden
- Brunei
Read the full list here.
