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Malaysia took the bottom-most spot in Bloomberg’s August Covid Resilience Ranking among 53 economies that compared the number of people covered by vaccines, lockdown severity, 1-month cases per 100,000 and total deaths per 1 million, among others.
“New Zealand, the longest-reigning No. 1 since the ranking debuted in November, plunged 26 spots after the nation’s domestic life went from the most relaxed to the strictest, as the government imposed the highest level of lockdown after delta infiltrated its fortress-like defences,” Bloomberg wrote.
The bottom 10 continues to be populated by developing economies whose vaccine rollouts are lagging, reflecting how the world’s poorest are largely facing delta with no shield of inoculation, a situation that World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus called “a shame on all humanity” on Aug. 18.
This inequality is likely to only worsen going forward, as rich nations announce plans to administer booster shots for fully vaccinated people, hoovering up even more of the scarce supply.
Malaysia took the bottom-most spot in Bloomberg’s August Covid Resilience Ranking among 53 economies that compared the number of people covered by vaccines, lockdown severity, 1-month cases per 100,000 and total deaths per 1 million, among others.
“New Zealand, the longest-reigning No. 1 since the ranking debuted in November, plunged 26 spots after the nation’s domestic life went from the most relaxed to the strictest, as the government imposed the highest level of lockdown after delta infiltrated its fortress-like defences,” Bloomberg wrote.
The bottom five in its August Ranking were Southeast Asian economies, a region that Bloomberg says has emerged as the new virus epicenter with the world’s highest monthly death toll per capita: Thailand at No. 49, Vietnam at No. 50, Indonesia No. 51, the Philippines No. 52 and Malaysia in last place.
Bloomberg wrote:
Despite covering nearly half of the population with vaccines and implementing reopening plans for the inoculated, new cases per 100,000 reported in Malaysia over the past month swelled to one of the highest in the world. The country’s central bank has also halved its 2021 economic growth target.
The lone bright spot in the region is the small city-state of Singapore, which is cautiously reopening as 77% of its population are covered by vaccines—the second-highest among ranked economies.
The bottom 10 continues to be populated by developing economies whose vaccine rollouts are lagging, reflecting how the world’s poorest are largely facing delta with no shield of inoculation, a situation that World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus called “a shame on all humanity” on Aug. 18.
This inequality is likely to only worsen going forward, as rich nations announce plans to administer booster shots for fully vaccinated people, hoovering up even more of the scarce supply.
Will vaccines be able to beat back delta with limited fatalities? Or will the strategy of learning to “live with the virus” extract unexpected costs? That will be the focus of the Ranking as we move into September.
THE THIRD FORCE
