Abstract
Despite the indescribable adversity of COVID-19, which raised deaths in most regions, the pandemic came with a number of good lessons that affect certain value metrics (healthcare, education, productive capacity, and price control mechanisms). In this study, we examined the role played by COVID-19 pandemic cases and deaths in selected regions and the need for policy recommendations. Using a mixed research approach, reported laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 cases and deaths between 12 and 17 March 2020 were obtained across six regions – Western Pacific, Europe, South East Asia, Eastern Mediterranean, America and Africa. Qualitative results showed that the COVID-19 pandemic predominantly affected Western Pacific and European regions. Besides, an analysis of variance revealed an insignificant difference in reported laboratory-confirmed cases and deaths of COVID-19 across the regions during the studied period. These results are, in part, attributable to the homogeneity in the strategies adopted to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic in these regions. Thus, there is a need to strengthen certain valuable metrics, particularly in the healthcare sector by means of upgrading medical equipment (for nations in lack) and recruiting more qualified healthcare workers in view of future events of any pandemic.
Highlights
The emergence of coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic propelled most economies of the world into a state of disarray
The use of system paradigm buttresses how the emergence of COVID-19 distorted the efficient operations of certain valuable metrics such as healthcare, education, capital markets, manufacturing capacities, and price control mechanisms of national and regional economies
This paper examined the COVID-19 pandemic cases/deaths in selected regions (Western Pacific, Europe, South East Asia, Eastern Mediterranean, America and Africa) to inform policy recommendations
Summary
The emergence of coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic propelled most economies of the world into a state of disarray. As the COVID-19 pandemic lingers and brutalizes the world, the Western Pacific and European regions, national and global travels, tourism, and businesses were halted, public health emergency magnified, and food and commodity prices (e.g. Africa) skyrocketed, while educational institutions ceased to exist. More terrifying is the fact that both local and global capital markets, religious and social operations existed in miniature, while some were close to being cutoff This has clearly plummeted economic activities, as the gross domestic product (GDP) of most nations declined by around 2 percent (International Labour Organization, 2020). This paper attempts to examine the variations in COVID-19 cases/deaths in six regions (Western Pacific, Europe, South East Asia, Eastern Mediterranean, America, and Africa) using a mixed research approach in order to inform policy recommendations. The remaining part of this paper presents the theoretical paradigm, materials and methods, results and discussion, and conclusions
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