Coronavirus disease pandemic has created a public health havoc worldwide. In. view of the mandatory lockdown in majority of countries, it also has caused a great economic crisis. The Spanish Flu of 1918, infected quarter of the global population (500 million) and killed 50 million individuals. No pandemic in the history of this planet, has caused as much panic, fear, anxiety, and frustration as the coronavirus disease. The Covid-19 is affecting 212 countries and territories around the world. Antarctica is the only continent not yet reached by the 2019-20 coronavirus pandemic. At the time of this writing there are more than 3.8 million cases worldwide, with 270,000 reported deaths. Ranking according to the number of infections is as follows: USA (1.2 million), Spain (216,582), Italy (207,428, UK (182, 260), Germany (164, 316), France (130, 185), Russia (124, 054), Turkey (122, 392), Iran (96, 448), Brazil (92, 630) and China (82, 875). Despite this ranking for number of infections, the ranking for the of deaths is quite different; USA (73,667), United Kingdom (30,076), Spain (25,857), Italy (29, 684), France (24, 594), Germany (6,735), There are so many facts related to the COVID-19 infection, that cannot be described rationally. For instance, Italy’s case fatality rate (CFR) is ten times higher than Germany’s (BBC News). The ranking for CFR is as follows: Italy (11.39), UK (8.17), China (4.05), USA (1.92), South Korea (1.66), Germany (1.0). At the time of this writing, we will have to analyze the infection rate, number of deaths, disparities related to the geography, ethnicity, and comorbidities separately for each country. No generalizations can be made with any degree of accuracy. Although experts’ say that it’s too early to determine, what role different healthcare systems play, in the severity of the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s undeniable that each country’s health care structural organizations, influence its public health response, when faced with such unprecedented virus disease pandemic.
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