Greece plunged 19 places on Bloomberg’s Covid Resilience Ranking published on December 22. Reason is the deaths increase and the strict lockdown that was imposed on November 7 and was extended through Christmas and New Year.
Greece is the country with the biggest fall along with the USA.
Winter and the long-anticipated rollout of coronavirus vaccines triggered some surprising shifts in Bloomberg’s Covid Resilience Ranking, a measure of the best places to be in the Covid-19 era.
Each month, Bloomberg crunches the numbers to get a snapshot of where the virus is being handled the most effectively with the least social and economic disruption.
Winter in the northern hemisphere has made a bad situation worse across Europe and the U.S., with the superpower plunging 19 spots despite the rapid authorization of two mRNA vaccines.
The Ranking scores economies of more than $200 billion on 10 key metrics: from growth in virus cases to the overall mortality rate and testing capabilities. The capacity of the local health-care system, the impact of virus-related restrictions like lockdowns on the economy, and freedom of movement are also taken into account.
Notable Movers
Meanwhile, some other notable gains over the past month:
- •Australia and Singapore move up into the top five as people largely resumed normal activity after outbreaks were contained, though both places—which are pursuing virus-elimination style strategies—are now racing to deal with potential new flareups
- •France jumps 11 spots after cases dropped markedly and its lockdown was lifted on Dec. 15, though President Emmanuel Macron’s infection showed local transmission is yet to be contained
- •Iraq, Nigeria and the Philippines move up 13, 11 and 11 rungs respectively as lockdown restrictions were eased and people resumed social and business activity
- •Canada tops the Access to Covid Vaccines indicator with orders enough to cover five times its 38 million-strong population, but a resurgent outbreak has erased this edge, and its overall position is elevated by just two spots
And losses:
- •Greece plunges 19 places from Nov. 23, the date of our last snapshot, as deaths jumped and a strict lockdown is extended through Christmas and the New Year
- •Turkey falls 15 spots after abruptly changing its reporting method of coronavirus cases. It abandoned a controversial policy of excluding asymptomatic cases in late November and daily virus cases have spiked since then
- •Indonesia drops 13 rungs as its positive test rate grew, while the government’s vaccine orders cover just 50% of the Southeast Asian nation’s population of 270 million
- •Germany declines seven spots amid record infections and deaths that’s forced a new, tougher lockdown
- •China and India slip as their large populations pose unique challenges in procuring enough vaccine supply. While both countries have secured over two billion shots with multiple developers, that’s less per capita coverage than many smaller places
Full story and data for other countries in Bloomberg:The Best and Worst Places to Be in Covid
