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COVID-19 in Latin America and the Caribbean: Two years of the pandemic.

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dc.contributor.author Schwalb Calderon, Alvaro
dc.contributor.author Armyra, Eleonora
dc.contributor.author Méndez-Aranda, Melissa
dc.contributor.author Ugarte Gil, Cesar Augusto
dc.date.accessioned 2022-06-25T20:36:40Z
dc.date.available 2022-06-25T20:36:40Z
dc.date.issued 2022
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12866/11840
dc.description.abstract Worldwide, nations have struggled during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. However, Latin America and the Caribbean faced an unmatched catastrophic toll. As of March 2022, the region has reported approximately 15% of cases and 28% of deaths worldwide. Considering the relatively late arrival of SARS-CoV-2, several factors in the region were determinants of the humanitarian crisis that ensued. Pandemic unpreparedness, fragile healthcare systems, forthright inequalities, and poor governmental support facilitated the spread of the virus throughout the region. Moreover, reliance on repurposed and ineffective drugs such as hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin-to treat or prevent COVID-19-was publicised through misinformation and created a false sense of security and poor adherence to social distancing measures. While there were hopes that herd immunity could be achieved after the region's disastrous first peak, the emergence of the Gamma, Lambda, and Mu variants made this unattainable. This review explores how Latin America and the Caribbean fared during the first 2 years of the pandemic, and how, despite all the challenges, the region became a global leader in COVID-19 vaccination, with 63% of its population fully vaccinated. en_US
dc.language.iso eng
dc.publisher Wiley
dc.relation.ispartofseries Journal of Internal Medicine
dc.rights info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
dc.rights.uri https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.es
dc.subject COVID-19 en_US
dc.subject Latin America en_US
dc.subject global health en_US
dc.subject SARS-CoV-2 en_US
dc.subject vaccination en_US
dc.title COVID-19 in Latin America and the Caribbean: Two years of the pandemic. en_US
dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/review
dc.identifier.doi https://doi.org/10.1111/joim.13499
dc.subject.ocde https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#3.02.27
dc.relation.issn 1365-2796


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