Read here (The Guardian, May 5, 2020)
Tuesday 5 May 2020
Why has eastern Europe suffered less from coronavirus than the west?
‘Veronica Anghel, a Romanian political scientist currently at Stanford University, said some countries in the region “are being given more credit than they should” for their responses. “Timing of lockdown is a blunt instrument, and a bad measure for authorities’ success,” said Anghel. She praised the response of some countries, including Czech Republic and Slovakia, both of which have comparatively well-funded healthcare systems. “But Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria are on the edge; any increase in cases will tip the system over,” she said.’
Read here (The Guardian, May 5, 2020)
Read here (The Guardian, May 5, 2020)
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