COVID-19: epidemiological situation of Argentina and its neighbor countries after three months of pandemic

RAMÍREZ, MARÍA LAURA; MARTINEZ, SOFÍA MICKAELA; BESSONE, CAROLINA DEL VALLE; ALLEMANDI, DANIEL ALBERTO; QUINTEROS, DANIELA ALEJANDRA

Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness

Cambridge University

Año: 2021 p. 1 - 1

1935-7893

bstractBackground:On December 2019, China reports the appearance of a novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), declared as a pandemic by the WHO in March 2020. Arguably, some nations with lower capacity to cope with the pandemic, especially in low and middle-income countries, might have poorer control of the COVID-19.Aim:In this work, in order to establish a better comprehension of the association between Argentina?s and its neighbor countries capacity and COVID-19 burden during the first three months, different indicators were evaluated.Method:We analyzed the association between GHSI, INFORM index and COVID-19 burden (number of confirmed cases and deaths) Also the number of tests, lethality and the stringency of Governmental policies were evaluated.Results:Uruguay, Paraguay and Bolivia started earlier different prevention measures. The number of tests differ, being Chile the one that makes more. Uruguay and Paraguay register fewer positive cases and deaths from COVID-19. The GHS index i