Publication Name	World Journal of Clinical Infectious Diseases
Manuscript ID	64418
Country	United States

Received	2021-02-17 06:07
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Category	Virology
Manuscript Type	Letter to the Editor
Article Title	COVID-19 mortality and gross domestic product loss: A wake-up call for government leaders
Manuscript Source	Unsolicited Manuscript
All Author List	Atsushi Sakuraba and Toshiro Sato
ORCID	Author(s) ORCID Number Atsushi Sakuraba http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2519-6129 Toshiro Sato http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8353-8137
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Corresponding Author	Atsushi Sakuraba, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, 5841 S Maryland Ave, Chicago, IL 60637, United States. asakurab@medicine.bsd.uchicago.edu
Key Words	Coronavirus; COVID-19; Mortality; Gross domestic product; Economy; Global
Core Tip	There is a large variation of mortality and damage to economy due to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) among countries. In the present study, we demonstrated that there was a negative correlation between gross domestic product (GDP) and COVID-19 mortality suggesting that countries that failed to control the virus would see a larger decline in GDP. Some countries or regions (China, New Zealand, and Taiwan) have acted quickly and aggressively to prevent the spread of COVID-19, which resulted in relatively small damage to the economy. Governmental leaders should act fast and aggressively when making decisions because data shows that countries who have run after two hares have caught neither.
Publish Date	2021-04-23 07:32
Citation	Sakuraba A, Sato T. COVID-19 mortality and gross domestic product loss: A wake-up call for government leaders. World J Clin Infect Dis 2021; 11(2): 35-37
URL	https://www.wjgnet.com/2220-3176/full/v11/i2/35.htm
DOI	https://dx.doi.org/10.5495/wjcid.v11.i2.35

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