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Assessing the Impact of Policy Measures in Reducing the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Case Study of South Asia. SUSTAINABILITY 2021. [DOI: 10.3390/su132011315] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic is considered to be the world’s most urgent health disaster and the greatest challenge humanity has faced since World War II. One of the most significant concerns is the effectiveness of the extraordinary efforts undertaken around the world to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. This study applied the Westerlund cointegration test and the Pooled Mean Group–Autoregressive Distributed Lag (PMG-ARDL) model to investigate the effectiveness of government policy measures in reducing the COVID-19 pandemic using weekly data for the period 1 January 2020 to 31 May 2021. The results of the Westerlund cointegration test validate the presence of a cointegration relationship between government policy measures and the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition, results of PMG-ARDL show that economic support, stringency, and health and containment measures play a significant role in reducing the COVID-19 pandemic. Therefore, this study concluded that pharmaceutical and non-pharmaceutical measures have a substantial impact on mitigating the COVID-19 pandemic in South Asia. Policy implications such as government financial support for poor families, stringency, and health and containment measures must be adopted during the pandemic to curb/reduce the spread of COVID-19. Furthermore, it is also recommended to provide vaccines free of charge to developing countries and a stimulus package to support health research to expand the capacity for rapid vaccine in this region.
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Bouland AJ, March JA. Invited Editorial: Characteristics and outcomes of adverse events following COVID-19 vaccination. J Am Coll Emerg Physicians Open 2021; 2:e12566. [PMID: 34611651 PMCID: PMC8478148 DOI: 10.1002/emp2.12566] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2021] [Revised: 09/02/2021] [Accepted: 09/03/2021] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
Affiliation(s)
- Andrew J. Bouland
- Department of Emergency MedicineDivision of EMS, Brody School of MedicineEast Carolina UniversityGreenvilleNorth CarolinaUSA
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- Department of Emergency MedicineDivision of EMS, Brody School of MedicineEast Carolina UniversityGreenvilleNorth CarolinaUSA
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