Comparative Analysis of Responses to Covid 19 between Europe, Asia, America and Africa- A Literature Review of Four Nations (original) (raw)

The COVID-19 outbreak, which emerged in the early part of 2020 and spread across the world, exposed the governance and decision-making processes as well as structural flaws in the healthcare system, but it also sparked the spirit of man to survive. The pandemic posed significant challenges to lives, health systems, and the economies of even the giant economic powers. Governments across the globe responded and continue to respond in various ways to control the spread and mitigate the consequences as much as possible. Differences exist across the regions regarding responses to the situation. Many countries have had different experiences and travelled on different and similar trajectories in the course of the pandemic. In this review, Europe, Asia, America, and Africa are compared and contrasted in their responses to the pandemic. The responses from France, India, the United States of America, and South Africa are analysed. The first cases that were recorded, the number of cases at loc...