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How COVID-19 is Changing the World: A Statistical Perspective, Volume III
From the Introduction: "We are pleased to present the third volume of 'How COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] is changing the world: a statistical perspective'. Since the release of the first volume in May 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic has continued to rage around the world. By mid-March, 2021, countries around the globe had reported over 123 million cases--a nearly five-fold increase since this report's previous volume--and over 2.7 million deaths attributed to the disease. And while new case loads are currently on the rise again, the global health community has already administered almost 400 million doses of vaccines, at last offering some signs of hope and progress. Nonetheless, the pandemic continues to present daunting challenges for governments and international organizations. Economic impacts threaten to undo decades of recent progress in poverty reduction, child nutrition and gender equality, and exacerbate efforts to support refugees, migrants, and other vulnerable communities. National and local governments--together with international and private-sector partners--must deploy vaccines as efficiently, safely and equitably as possible while still monitoring for new outbreaks and continuing policies to protect those who do not yet have immunity. Economic recovery efforts are also increasingly urgent as the world begins to pivot to a 'post-pandemic' reality. It is becoming increasingly clear that choices made over the next months and years could have impacts for generations to come."
Committee for the Coordination of Statistical Activities
2021
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How COVID-19 is Changing the World: A Statistical Perspective
From the Introduction: "COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] has turned the world upside down. [...] Throughout this crisis, the international statistics community has continued to work together, in partnership with national statistical offices and systems around the world to ensure that the best quality data and statistics are available to support decision making during and after the crisis. [...] The statistics presented in this report are unprecedented. We are witnessing data points and inflections in trends that would have been unimaginable only a few months ago. New statistical records are being set on an almost weekly basis. By the end of April, 212 countries, territories or areas had reported confirmed cases of COVID-19. In the first four months of 2020, more than 3 million cases of infection had been confirmed and more than 210,000 deaths. Some startling economic numbers include a 9% year-on-year fall in global production and manufacturing output, nowcasts that the value of global merchandise trade will fall by almost 27% in Q2 [Quarter 2] 2020, the largest fall in global commodity prices on record (-20.4% between February and March 2020). On the social side, we see the shocking loss of employment - a decline of almost 10.5% in total working hours, the equivalent of 305 million full-time workers. Some 1.6 billion students have been affected by school closures and the crisis will push an additional 40 - 60 million people into extreme poverty."
Committee for the Coordination of Statistical Activities
2020
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How COVID-19 is Changing the World: A Statistical Perspective, Volume II
From the Introduction: "The pandemic presents tough choices. National and regional governments, local communities, health and school systems, as well as families and businesses are being forced to take many difficult decisions: How to re open safely? How to safeguard people's lives and protect their livelihoods? Where to allocate scarce resources? How to protect those unable to protect themselves? Answers to questions like these will affect our short-term success in battling the virus and could have impacts for generations to come. More than ever, the world needs reliable and trustworthy data and statistics to inform these important decisions. The United Nations and all member organizations of the Committee for the Coordination of Statistical Activities (CCSA) collect and make available a wealth of information for assessing the multifaceted impacts of the pandemic. This report updates some of the global and regional trends presented in the first volume and offers a snapshot of how COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] continues to affect the world today across multiple domains. The report also highlights the impact of the pandemic on specific regions and population groups."
Committee for the Coordination of Statistical Activities
2020
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