The Zero Covid strategy protects people and economies more effectively

The Zero Covid strategy aims to maximize the benefits from the effort exerted in the fight against the virus and to enable individuals to return to normal life. [...] This observation is in line with analyses by the World Bank11 and the IMF12 noting the effectiveness and the more cost-efficient nature of early responses to the pandemic for households and businesses. [...] THE KEY ROLE OF CONTROLLING UNCERTAINTY AND VISIBILITY A crucial factor in analysing the effectiveness of the strategies that have been implemented is control over the uncertainty linked to the dynamics of the virus, found with both. [...] The Zero Covid strategy protects people and economies more effective Page 15 Figure 3: Quarterly dynamics of Zero Covid countries eliminating the pandemic and benefiting from social and economic visibility Reading: The closer that countries get to the green square in the lower right, denoting positive GDP change and low mortality, the more they move each quarter towards low social and economic cos. [...] Figure 5: Restaurants better protected in the Zero Covid countries: the example of changes in the number of Google searches for “Restaurant” compared to the same month in 2019 Reading: In February 2021, the number of Google searches for “Restaurant” was down 13% in the Zero Covid countries compared to the same month in 2019.