An exploration of the political, social, economic and cultural factors affecting how different global regions initially reacted to the COVID-19 pandemic

JW Tang, MA Caniza, M Dinn, DE Dwyer… - Interface …, 2022 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Responses to the early (February–July 2020) COVID-19 pandemic varied widely, globally.
Reasons for this are multiple but likely relate to the healthcare and financial resources then …

Estimating the effect of social inequalities on the mitigation of COVID-19 across communities in Santiago de Chile

N Gozzi, M Tizzoni, M Chinazzi, L Ferres… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
We study the spatio-temporal spread of SARS-CoV-2 in Santiago de Chile using
anonymized mobile phone data from 1.4 million users, 22% of the whole population in the …

Clinical presentation and outcomes of the first patients with COVID-19 in Argentina: Results of 207079 cases from a national database

D Schönfeld, S Arias, JC Bossio, H Fernández… - PLoS …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Background There is limited evidence on the clinical characteristics of SARS-CoV-2
infection in Latin America. We present findings from a nationwide study in Argentina …

COVID-19 case fatality risk by age and gender in a high testing setting in Latin America: Chile, March–August 2020

EA Undurraga, G Chowell, K Mizumoto - Infectious Diseases of Poverty, 2021 - Springer
Background Early severity estimates of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) are critically
needed to assess the potential impact of the ongoing pandemic in different demographic …

Transmission dynamics and control of COVID-19 in Chile, March-October, 2020

A Tariq, EA Undurraga, CC Laborde… - PLoS neglected …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Since the detection of the first case of COVID-19 in Chile on March 3rd, 2020, a total of
513,188 cases, including~ 14,302 deaths have been reported in Chile as of November 2nd …

Taking care of each other: how can we increase compliance with personal protective measures during the COVID‐19 pandemic in Chile?

MM Gerber, C Cuadrado, A Figueiredo… - Political …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
In the context of the COVID‐19 pandemic, personal protective measures (eg, social
distancing, handwashing, and mask wearing) have been adopted as a cornerstone to limit …

COVID-19 incidence and mortality in the Metropolitan Region, Chile: Time, space, and structural factors

P Villalobos Dintrans, C Castillo, F De La Fuente… - PLoS …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Demographic, health, and socioeconomic factors significantly inform COVID-19 outcomes.
This article analyzes the association of these factors and outcomes in Chile during the first …

Strengthening Health Systems To Face Pandemics: Subnational Policy Responses To COVID-19 In Latin America: Study examines policy responses to COVID-19 in …

FM Knaul, MM Touchton, H Arreola-Ornelas… - Health …, 2022 - healthaffairs.org
Nonpharmaceutical interventions such as stay-at-home orders continue to be the main
policy response to the COVID-19 pandemic in countries with limited or slow vaccine rollout …

[PDF][PDF] Las personas mayores frente al COVID-19: tendencias demográficas y acciones políticas

VR Rodríguez, F Rojo-Pérez, R Silva-Ramirez… - Revista …, 2021 - redalyc.org
El impacto de la pandemia de COVID-19 en la población de los países de América Latina
(AL) depende en gran medida de las acciones de política pública (en general) y de salud …

Effectiveness of epidemic preventive policies and hospital strategies in combating COVID-19 outbreak in Taiwan

TW Tan, HL Tan, MN Chang, WS Lin… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
(1) Background: The implementation of effective control measures in a timely fashion is
crucial to control the epidemic outbreak of COVID-19. In this study, we aimed to analyze the …