Sawada, Yasuyuki; Sumulong, Lea R. - 2021
This paper summarizes unprecedented adverse health and economic impacts as well as policy responses in the Asia and … Pacific region and the rest of the world generated by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in 2020. By the end of 2020 …, over 80 million people had been infected, with developing Asia accounting for 17% of cases. As the pandemic progressed, the …