COVID 19 fatalities burden in Asian countries: An analysis of pattern and determinants

Panda, Prasant Kumar; Varkey, Rittu Susan; Ranjan, Priya; Meher, Ashish Kumar; Panda, Soumyaranjan

doi:10.1016/j.ssaho.2022.100378

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“…Even though Eastern and Southern Asia accounted for about two-thirds of the total cases, these regions have a population share of 78% of the continent. However, when we analyzed the numbers as a proportion of the population, Southern Asia had the lowest COVID-19 prevalence rates (Panda et al, 2023). The highest number of tests per population has been conducted in Western Asia, while the lowest has been noticed in Eastern Asia.…”

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The Prevalence and Vaccination Coverage Rates of COVID-19 in Asia: A Cross-sectional Study after Four Years

Alrasheedi

2024

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Asia is the largest and most populous continent and is divided into five regions: Eastern Asia, South-eastern Asia, Central Asia, Southern Asia, and Western Asia. Understanding the pattern of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) prevalence in Asia could help researchers and decision-makers learn how to respond to public health emergencies more effectively. By the end of 2023, it would have been nearly four years since the first cases of COVID-19 were detected. In this article, COVID-19 data, including the vaccination coverage rate, were used to examine the COVID-19 prevalence across Asia by the end of 2023 based on income and geographic division. Data on COVID-19, including the vaccination coverage rates, for various Asian countries were collected from reliable, publicly available websites. Then, COVID-19 data were analyzed based on income and geographic division. An analysis of variance (ANOVA) test and an Independent Samples t-test were also performed to assess the variation of the means of COVID-19 data across the continent. As of January 1, 2024, COVID-19 data across Asia's five regions were inconsistent. West Asia was most affected, with the highest cases and deaths per million and most tests performed per population. Eastern Asia had the lowest deaths per million, tests per population, and case-fatality rates (CFRs). The COVID-19 vaccination rates range between 2.39% and 105.7%, while the booster vaccination rates varied from 0% in Kyrgyzstan and Laos to 141.7% in Japan. The ANOVA test showed significant variance in the mean, median age, mean vaccination coverage rates, and mean booster vaccination rates, where Eastern Asia had higher averages than the other parts. The independent t-test revealed significant differences in COVID-19 data means, except for CFRs, where low- and lower-middle-income countries had lower averages than upper-middle and high-income countries. Inconsistent COVID-19 data, including vaccination coverage, across Asia highlights the need for uniform standards in case identification and diagnosis, ensuring equitable vaccine distribution, and providing essential diagnostic resources to all countries for future emergencies.

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The Prevalence and Vaccination Coverage Rates of COVID-19 in Asia: A Cross-sectional Study after Four Years

Alrasheedi

2024

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“…The global spread of SARS-CoV-2 infection showed how fast and geographically disparate countries can be affected by an emerging pathogen. Previous studies have shown that Asia, the most populous region in the world, had the highest COVID-19 mortality [1,2]. Although the southeast Asia region (SEAR) has been considered the role model in regard to the control of COVID-19 outbreak in the rst year of the pandemic, it emerged as one of the hotpots for COVID-19 in 2021, as the region faced the spread of highly transmissible SARS-CoV-2 variants in the middle of limited vaccine rollout [3].…”

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Full Vaccination coverage, Smoking, Hypertension and COVID-19-associated Excess Mortality in Southeast Asia Region: GLMM analysis of Real-world Epidemiological Data

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Background. From Wuhan (China) where its originated, COVID-19 has rapidly spread worldwide; mass vaccination and cardiometabolic disorders are reported to influence the disease prognosis and mortality burden. We applied a generalized linear mixed model (GLMM) to explore associations between COVID-19 mortality, full vaccination coverage and cardiometabolic health indicators in Southeast Asia region (SEAR).Methods. A region-wide ecological analysis of aggregate COVID-19 data of 10 SEAR countries (January 2020-December 2022) was performed. Databases used were from John Hopkins University Coronavirus Resource Center and WHO. Excess deaths associated with COVID-19/100,000 and case-fatality rate (CFR) were outcome variables. GLMM was performed to determine the predictors of COVID-19 mortality; adjustment was made for sociodemographics. Statistical significance level was set at p < 0.01 (double-sided).Results. Adjusted GLMM analysis showed that number of excess deaths due to COVID-19/100,000 was strongly and positively associated with age-standardized smoking (coeff.= 9.18 (SE: 2.15); p < 0.001) and hypertension prevalence (coeff.= 25.98 (SE: 9.15); p < 0.01), whereas it was strongly and negatively associated with full vaccination coverage rate (coeff.= -5.23 (SE: 1.54); p < 0.01) and log-transformed GDP per capita (coeff.= -102.01 (SE: 18.31); p < 0.001). COVID-19 CFR was positively associated with age-standardized hypertension prevalence (coeff.= 0.30 (SE: 0.16); p < 0.01), negatively with full vaccination coverage rate (coeff.= -0.05 (SE: 0.01); p < 0.01) and GDP per capita (coeff.= -1.09 (SE: 0.34); p < 0.01). The associations observed in the multivariate analysis remained true in the stratified analysis using quartiles.Conclusion. Study findings suggest that implementing effective public health interventions that increase vaccine uptake and improve cardiometabolic health would have reduced COVID-19 mortality in SEAR.

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COVID 19 fatalities burden in Asian countries: An analysis of pattern and determinants

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The Prevalence and Vaccination Coverage Rates of COVID-19 in Asia: A Cross-sectional Study after Four Years

The Prevalence and Vaccination Coverage Rates of COVID-19 in Asia: A Cross-sectional Study after Four Years

Full Vaccination coverage, Smoking, Hypertension and COVID-19-associated Excess Mortality in Southeast Asia Region: GLMM analysis of Real-world Epidemiological Data

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