The underlying factors of the COVID-19 spatially uneven spread. Initial evidence from regions in nine EU countries
The underlying factors of the COVID-19 spatially uneven spread. Initial evidence from regions in nine EU countries
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DOI：
10.1111/rsp3.12340
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发表时间：
2020-09-23
影响因子：
1.7
通讯作者：
Kapitsinis, NikRE
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作者：
Kapitsinis, NikRE
新型冠状病毒COVID-19于二零二零年初引起全球关注，并已对日常生活产生重大影响，而影响可能会持续一段长时间。然而，这些影响似乎因区域而异，因为与以往的大流行病类似，地理因素在病毒传播中起着重要作用。本文件丰富了我们对2020年1月至5月期间疫情初步地域影响的认识，研究了COVID-19在9个欧盟国家119个区域经济体的传播情况，并解释了其潜在因素。研究发现，空气质量、人口统计、全球互联性、城市化趋势、医疗支出的历史趋势以及为缓解疫情而实施的政策影响了COVID-19的区域不均衡死亡率。
The novel coronavirus COVID-19 was brought to the global spotlight in early 2020 and has already had significant impacts on daily life, while the effects could last for a long period. However, these impacts appear to have been regionally differentiated, since similar to previous pandemics, geography plays an important role in viruses' diffusion. This paper enriches our knowledge about the initial territorial impact of the pandemic, from January to May 2020, studying the spread of COVID-19 across 119 regional economies in nine EU countries and explaining its underlying factors. Air quality, demographics, global interconnectedness, urbanization trends, historic trends in health expenditure as well as the policies implemented to mitigate the pandemic were found to have influenced the regionally uneven mortality rate of COVID-19.