Important factors affecting the transmission rate of COVID-19 in G20 and EU

Ozan Kocadağlı; Ali Mertcan Köse; Neslihan Gökmen Inan; Ezgi Özer; Aylin Yaman Kocadağlı; Ecem Bostancı

Important factors affecting the transmission rate of COVID-19 in G20 and EU

Abstract

Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) is an infectious respiratory disease that might be fatal to humans due to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronovirus-2. COVID-19 first appeared in Wuhan, China in 2019 and soon have spread all over the world. Therefore, it was accepted as a global epidemic by the World Health Organization in March 2020. The aim of this study is to reveal the effects of the demographic structure of the countries, their socio-economic development, the precautions, and health practices implemented by the governments against COVID-19 on the rate of transmission until the first peak days (plateaus) are appeared. Due to the socio-economic developments and reaching out the clear and transparent COVID-19 dataset, the sample of the study was formed from G20 and EU countries. The interpretable factors affecting the transmission rate of COVID-19 were extracted with factor analysis and multidimensional scaling. Multivariate analysis figures out the effects of the precautions and health practices implemented by G20 and EU countries with similar/different socio-economic development characteristics on the transmission rate. For instance, a result obtained from the multivariate analyzes is that COVID-19 cases in developed and developing countries differ from each other at their first plateaus. Another noteworthy inference is that COVID-19 cases are trending similarly within some developed countries with the higher ratio of population (65+) and Human Development Index (HDI). Furthermore, the population ratio (15-64) is itself an explanatory factor that can be used to characterize similar transmission patterns between countries. Consequently, these findings may help state authorities to take urgent precautions and manage such a global epidemic by much more efficient health policies.

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Primary Language

English

Subjects

Engineering

Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

Ozan Kocadağlı ^* This is me
0000-0003-4354-7383
Türkiye

Ali Mertcan Köse This is me
0000-0002-5464-9441
Türkiye

Neslihan Gökmen Inan This is me
0000-0003-1567-2216
Türkiye

Ezgi Özer This is me
0000-0003-1567-2216
Türkiye

Aylin Yaman Kocadağlı This is me
0000-0002-7195-494X
Türkiye

Ecem Bostancı This is me
0000-0002-0431-6614
Türkiye

Publication Date

March 25, 2022

Submission Date

August 1, 2021

Acceptance Date

November 10, 2021

Published in Issue

Year 2022 Volume: 40 Number: 1

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https://izlik.org/JA88LW29LA

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APA

Kocadağlı, O., Köse, A. M., Gökmen Inan, N., Özer, E., Yaman Kocadağlı, A., & Bostancı, E. (2022). Important factors affecting the transmission rate of COVID-19 in G20 and EU. Sigma Journal of Engineering and Natural Sciences, 40(1), 208-218. https://izlik.org/JA88LW29LA

AMA

1.Kocadağlı O, Köse AM, Gökmen Inan N, Özer E, Yaman Kocadağlı A, Bostancı E. Important factors affecting the transmission rate of COVID-19 in G20 and EU. SIGMA. 2022;40(1):208-218. https://izlik.org/JA88LW29LA

Chicago

Kocadağlı, Ozan, Ali Mertcan Köse, Neslihan Gökmen Inan, Ezgi Özer, Aylin Yaman Kocadağlı, and Ecem Bostancı. 2022. “Important Factors Affecting the Transmission Rate of COVID-19 in G20 and EU”. Sigma Journal of Engineering and Natural Sciences 40 (1): 208-18. https://izlik.org/JA88LW29LA.

EndNote

Kocadağlı O, Köse AM, Gökmen Inan N, Özer E, Yaman Kocadağlı A, Bostancı E (March 1, 2022) Important factors affecting the transmission rate of COVID-19 in G20 and EU. Sigma Journal of Engineering and Natural Sciences 40 1 208–218.

IEEE

[1]O. Kocadağlı, A. M. Köse, N. Gökmen Inan, E. Özer, A. Yaman Kocadağlı, and E. Bostancı, “Important factors affecting the transmission rate of COVID-19 in G20 and EU”, SIGMA, vol. 40, no. 1, pp. 208–218, Mar. 2022, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA88LW29LA

ISNAD

Kocadağlı, Ozan - Köse, Ali Mertcan - Gökmen Inan, Neslihan - Özer, Ezgi - Yaman Kocadağlı, Aylin - Bostancı, Ecem. “Important Factors Affecting the Transmission Rate of COVID-19 in G20 and EU”. Sigma Journal of Engineering and Natural Sciences 40/1 (March 1, 2022): 208-218. https://izlik.org/JA88LW29LA.

JAMA

1.Kocadağlı O, Köse AM, Gökmen Inan N, Özer E, Yaman Kocadağlı A, Bostancı E. Important factors affecting the transmission rate of COVID-19 in G20 and EU. SIGMA. 2022;40:208–218.

MLA

Kocadağlı, Ozan, et al. “Important Factors Affecting the Transmission Rate of COVID-19 in G20 and EU”. Sigma Journal of Engineering and Natural Sciences, vol. 40, no. 1, Mar. 2022, pp. 208-1, https://izlik.org/JA88LW29LA.

Vancouver

1.Ozan Kocadağlı, Ali Mertcan Köse, Neslihan Gökmen Inan, Ezgi Özer, Aylin Yaman Kocadağlı, Ecem Bostancı. Important factors affecting the transmission rate of COVID-19 in G20 and EU. SIGMA [Internet]. 2022 Mar. 1;40(1):208-1. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA88LW29LA