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Effects of Policy Responses to the Spread of Covid-19 Pandemic

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Published: Jun 30, 2020
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12681/hapscpbs.24946
Helen Briola
Democritus University of Thrace
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0275-2009
Konstantina Briola
University of Piraeus
Abstract
Covid-19 is a new invisible threat that has affected almost all countries of the world. In this paper we study the effects of policy responses to the spread of coronavirus pandemic. For this purpose, we utilized the dataset of Oxford Coronavirus Government Response Tracker (OxCGRT) and we examined the correlation of policies with the number of daily coronavirus cases in five countries (Greece, Italy, Spain, Sweden and United Kingdom). In order to achieve that, we calculated Kendall Correlation Coefficient and Spearman Correlation Coefficient as well as p-value for the statistical importance of our data. Our results indicate that the policies have a direct impact on the spread of Covid-19.
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Author Biographies
Helen Briola, Democritus University of Thrace
Eleni Briola recently graduated from Democritus University of Thrace and she is a Software Engineer at Scigen Technologies. She received her diploma thesis in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Democritus University of Thrace, Xanthi (Greece) in 2018
Konstantina Briola, University of Piraeus
Konstantina Briola recently graduated from Panteion University and she is a Political Scientist. She received her diploma thesis in Health Policy from Panteion University, Athens (Greece) in 2019.
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