{"id":14620,"date":"2020-06-17T14:53:12","date_gmt":"2020-06-17T11:53:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/?p=14620"},"modified":"2020-06-17T18:19:33","modified_gmt":"2020-06-17T15:19:33","slug":"belgium-had-the-worst-response-to-the-coronavirus-crisis-among-oecd-countries-eiu-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\/weben\/belgium-had-the-worst-response-to-the-coronavirus-crisis-among-oecd-countries-eiu-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Belgium had the worst response to the coronavirus crisis among OECD countries, EIU says"},"content":{"rendered":"

Belgium had the worst response to the coronavirus crisis out of OECD countries, while New Zealand\u2019s response was the strongest, according to a new ranking.<\/p>\n

The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) on Wednesday published an index that rated how well governments across 21 member states had reacted to the pandemic.<\/p>\n

Each country was given an overall score out of four.<\/p>\n

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development is a cohort of 37 member states that works together to shape policies around socioeconomic issues. In its report, the EIU analyzed the responses of 21 of those countries to the health crisis.<\/p>\n

Economists finalized the scores by weighing three risk factors \u2014 obesity prevalence, share of the population over the age of 65 and international arrivals \u2014 against three \u201cquality of response\u201d indicators, which were testing, provision of non-Covid 19 health care, and death rates from the virus.<\/p>\n

With an overall rating of 2.11, which fell into the \u201cpoor\u201d threshold, Belgium was ranked at the bottom of the index.<\/p>\n

Despite receiving the highest possible score for its testing capacity, Belgium was given the lowest score for its death rate. To date, 9,663 people in Belgium have died of Covid-19, making it the country with the highest death rate per capita in the world, according to Our World in Data.<\/p>\n

The country has faced controversy throughout the crisis. Officials have been accused of overcounting deaths from the coronavirus, and health-care workers in the country famously turned their backs on their prime minister during a hospital visit in protest against the government\u2019s handling of the crisis.<\/p>\n

Sophie Wilmes, Belgium\u2019s prime minister, later told Belgian broadcaster RTBF she wanted to bring \u201ca message of appeasement\u201d to hospital staff.<\/p>\n

She has also said the country chose to report Covid-19 deaths with \u201cfull transparency\u201d \u2014 even if it has led to overinflated numbers. Meanwhile, Health Minister Maggie De Block defended the government\u2019s methods of counting deaths, claiming Belgium has \u201cthe most detailed method\u201d in Europe.<\/p>\n

Source: CNBC<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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