NDLI: The Success of Public Health Measures in Europe during the COVID-19 Pandemic

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The Success of Public Health Measures in Europe during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Content Provider	MDPI
Author	Primc, Kaja Slabe-Erker, Renata
Copyright Year	2020
Description	SARS-CoV-2, a serious threat to sustainable development prospects, is spreading within countries at varying speeds, among other things depending on their population density, behavioural responses, cultural factors, personal hygiene practices and habits. This has led to significant variation in countries’ policy responses aimed at stemming the proliferation of the virus. Using crisp-set qualitative comparative analysis, we conducted a comparative study at the European level to study the performance of different combinations of COVID-19 containment measures along with the response speeds. A set of configurations for two different scenarios (above- and below-median death rates) helps to illustrate how specific containment measures in each examined European country are related to the number of deaths. The main observation arising from the analysis is that the speed of response along with the decision to suspend international flights might determine the epidemic outbreak’s impact on fatality. The results also imply that several different combinations of containment measures are associated with death rates across Europe. The outcome of this analysis can assist in identifying which set of containment measures in the event of an epidemic outbreak is beneficial/detrimental.
Starting Page	4321
e-ISSN	20711050
DOI	10.3390/su12104321
Journal	Sustainability
Issue Number	10
Volume Number	12
Language	English
Publisher	MDPI
Publisher Date	2020-05-25
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Sustainability Covid-19 Pandemic Coronavirus Sars-cov-2 Qualitative Comparative Analysis Containment Measures Public Health Measures Prevention Measures
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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