A Stringency Index created by Oxford University shows how strict a country’s measures were, and at what stage of the spread it enforced these. India imposed its strictest measures much earlier than others.
IT HAS been well understood that among various countries responding to the Covid-19 outbreak, India enforced one of the strongest lockdowns at an early phase of case growth. Now, an index created by the University of Oxford quantifies that. The Stringency Index has found that India indeed had one of the strongest lockdown measures in the world — at a 100 score since March 22. It was relaxed slightly on April 20 after the government eased norms for certain workplaces in regions outside the red zones.
What is Stringency Index index?
It is among the metrics being used by the Oxford COVID-19 Government Response Tracker. The Tracker involves a team of 100 Oxford community members who have continuously updated a database of 17 indicators of government response. These indicators examine containment policies such as school and workplace closings, public events, public transport, stay-at-home policies. The Stringency Index is a number from 0 to 100 that reflects these indicators. A higher index score indicates a higher level of stringency.
It provides a picture of the stage at which any country enforced its strongest measures. Oxford provides an overlay of countries’ death curve and their stringency score. Some countries saw their deaths just begin to flatten as they reached their highest stringency, such as Italy, Spain, or France. As China pulled stronger measures, its death curve plateaued.
In countries such as the UK, the US, and India, the Oxford graphs find that the death curve has not flattened after strictest measures were enforced. From the highest death count at their strongest measures, the countries compared were France, Italy, Iran, Germany, UK, Netherlands, Sweden, Mexico, Canada, Belgium, Ireland, US, Turkey, Israel, China, India, and Switzerland.
"Takwimu ya ""Stringency Index"" iliyoundwa na Chuo Kikuu cha Oxford inaonyesha jinsi hatua za nchi zilivyokuwa kali, na ni katika hatua gani ya kuenea kwa ugonjwa huo ilizitekeleza." India iliweka hatua zake kali zaidi mapema zaidi kuliko wengine. "Ilikuwa wazi kwamba kati ya nchi mbalimbali zinazojibu mlipuko wa COVID-19, India ilitekeleza moja ya kufungwa kwa nguvu zaidi katika hatua ya mapema ya ukuaji wa kesi. """ Kwa mfano, orodha ya utafiti uliofanywa na Chuo Kikuu cha Oxford, Uingereza, inaonyesha jinsi ya kuamua kiwango cha maambukizi. "Kulingana na ripoti ya ""Stringency Index,"" India ina hatua ya kwanza ya kufungwa kwa nchi katika ulimwengu tangu Machi 22." Sheria hiyo ilirekebishwa kidogo Aprili 20 baada ya serikali kupunguza viwango kwa maeneo fulani ya kazi katika mikoa nje ya maeneo mekundu. Nini ni Strength Index? Hii ni moja ya vipimo vinavyotumiwa na Oxford COVID-19 Government Response Tracker. "Timu ya ""Tracker"" inajumuisha wanachama wa jamii ya Oxford 100 ambao wamekuwa wakisoma na kusasisha hifadhidata ya viashiria 17 vya majibu ya serikali." "Hizi ni ""mfano wa sera za kuzuia kama vile kufungwa kwa shule na mahali pa kazi, matukio ya umma, usafiri wa umma, sera za kukaa nyumbani.""" Kiwango cha ukali ni nambari kutoka 0 hadi 100 ambayo inaonyesha viashiria hivi. Alama ya juu ya faharisi inaonyesha kiwango cha juu cha ukali. Inatoa picha ya hatua ambayo nchi yoyote ilitekeleza hatua zake kali zaidi. Oxford hutoa overlay ya nchi 'kiwango cha kifo na alama yao ya ukali. Nchi fulani ziliona vifo vyao vikianza kupungua zilipofikia kiwango chao cha juu zaidi, kama vile Italia, Hispania, au Ufaransa. China ilipochukua hatua kali zaidi, mteremko wake wa kifo ulipungua. Katika nchi kama vile Uingereza, Marekani na India, grafu za Oxford zinagundua kwamba wigo wa vifo haujapungua baada ya hatua kali zaidi kutekelezwa. Kuanzia idadi ya vifo vya watu wengi zaidi, nchi zilizolinganishwa ni Ufaransa, Italia, Iran, Ujerumani, Uingereza, Uholanzi, Sweden, Mexico, Canada, Ubelgiji, Ireland, Marekani, Uturuki, Israel, China, India na Uswisi.