The implications of COVID-19 pandemic on the Turkish and European socio-economic life stander

Year 2020, Volume: 13 Issue: COVID-19 Özel Sayı, 85 - 91, 29.09.2020

Oruç Yunusoğlu Sara Dzhafar

Abstract

More than 215 countries are affected by the pandemic disease (COVID-19), as a resulted over 4 million infected cases and more than 300,000 deaths have been announced globally by our world data. Social distancing, travel restrictions, decreasing manufacturing, and school closure led to withdrawal in the individual stander income and dramatically economic recession. On the other hand, the medical sector supply has significantly increased. Face mask, protective uniforms, and medical glasses, ventilation devices were in its peak demand internationally. Despite the taken precaution of quarantine in China for the serious uncontrolled spread of Coronavirus, EU countries like Italy, Spain, France, and the UK were not aware enough nor ready to face the silent attraction of COVID-19 in the short time of its spread. Hospitals were not provided with enough equipment nor spaces for numerous patients. Turkey was knowledgeable from the previous effected world and as a precaution steps, social isolation was practiced immediately, which showed an obvious decrease in mortality and morbidity rate until today’s date 21.05.2020. Although EU showed a gradual decrease in cases and the number of mortality, normal life isn’t back to normal in any of the infected countries. In this review we will scan the infection of COVID in different economic sectors in EU as well as Turkey.

Keywords

COVID-19, Socio-economic, Turkey, EU

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