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Coronavirus Shows a New Dimension of the World North-South Divide, as Most Infections and Deaths Are North

April 11, 2020

 

 
   

Coronavirus Shows a New Dimension of the World North-South Divide, as Most Infections and Deaths Are North

By Hassan El-Najjar

Al-Jazeerah, CCUN, April 11, 2020, 9:00 am ET

The Coronavirus pandemic has shown a new dimension of the World North-South divide, as most infections and deaths have been happening in the North (See the table below).

The five countries which have most of the deaths and the infections, as a result of the Coronavirus, are the US, Spain, Italy, France, and the UK, respectively. Together, these five countries represent only about 7% of the world population (567 million, in 2018). However, they have about 60% of infection cases (1,027,353) and about 65% of deaths (67,832).

These statistical observations are too important to be neglicted or passed by without discussion, in an attempt to learn something about this virus, which has interrupted human activities around the world, causing big losses in life and treasure.

What's in common among these five countries is that they are in the Northern hemisphere. This means that they have been experiencing a colder weather than other countries in Africa, South Asia, and Latin America, which have few infection and death cases.

Another major difference between these two groups of countries is that the countries in the North are much more wealthy than the other group of countries in the South. This is demonstrated in the annual Gross Niational Income Per Capita (GNI PC), which is about $52,618 in OECD (wealthy) coutries, compared to only about $1,705 in Sub-Saharan Africa.

This type of difference is reflected in the consumption of food, as people in the North consume more meat and more processed foods, while people in poor countries eat much less meat and more vegetables, fruits, and grains.

A third difference is that people in poor countries walk and use their muscles more, on daily basis, than people in wealthy countries, who commute by cars and other means of transportation. This means that people in poor countries actually exercise more.

So, two important questions arise from these factual observations:

First, could the more exercise and less meat diet in poor countries have created a stronger immune system, which has helped people to resist the Coronavirus better?

Second, could the warmer weather in the South be a limiting factor on the ability of the virus to spread there?

More research is needed to explain this North-South Coronavirus phenomenon, for the benefit of humanity. 

Sources:

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/

https://data.oecd.org/natincome/gross-national-income.htm

https://www.macrotrends.net/countries/SSF/sub-saharan-africa-/gni-per-capita

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Coronavirus Cases: 1,710,817, Deaths: 103,513, Recovered: 382,073

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Total
Cases

New
Cases

Total
Deaths

New
Deaths

Total
Recovered

Active
Cases

Serious,
Critical

Tot Cases/
1M pop

Deaths/
1M pop

Total
Tests

Tests/
1M pop

Continent

World

1,698,835

+94,625

102,684

+6,971

376,184

1,219,967

49,831

218

13.2

All

Europe

820,109

+41,257

70,063

+4,245

196,782

553,264

30,232

Europe

North America

536,841

+36,063

19,822

+2,135

34,452

482,567

11,906

North America

USA

502,876

+33,752

18,747

+2,035

27,314

456,815

10,917

1,519

57

2,538,888

7,670

North America

Asia

275,041

+11,144

10,224

+328

133,960

130,857

6,575

Asia

Spain

158,273

+5,051

16,081

+634

55,668

86,524

7,371

3,385

344

355,000

7,593

Europe

Italy

147,577

+3,951

18,849

+570

30,455

98,273

3,497

2,441

312

906,864

14,999

Europe

France

124,869

+7,120

13,197

+987

24,932

86,740

7,004

1,913

202

333,807

5,114

Europe

Germany

122,171

+3,936

2,736

+129

53,913

65,522

4,895

1,458

33

1,317,887

15,730

Europe

China

81,907

+42

3,336

+1

77,455

1,116

144

57

2

Asia

UK

73,758

+8,681

8,958

+980

344

64,456

1,559

1,086

132

316,836

4,667

Europe

Iran

68,192

+1,972

4,232

+122

35,465

28,495

3,969

812

50

242,568

2,888

Asia

Turkey

47,029

+4,747

1,006

+98

2,423

43,600

1,667

558

12

307,210

3,643

Asia

South America

44,976

+5,371

1,809

+194

4,619

38,548

876

South America

Belgium

26,667

+1,684

3,019

+496

5,568

18,080

1,278

2,301

260

84,248

7,269

Europe

Switzerland

24,551

+500

1,002

+54

11,100

12,449

386

2,837

116

178,500

20,625

Europe

Netherlands

23,097

+1,335

2,511

+115

250

20,336

1,424

1,348

147

101,534

5,926

Europe

Canada

22,148

+1,383

569

+60

6,013

15,566

557

587

15

370,315

9,812

North America

Brazil

19,789

+1,644

1,068

+114

173

18,548

296

93

5

62,985

296

South America

Portugal

15,472

+1,516

435

+26

233

14,804

226

1,517

43

140,863

13,815

Europe

Austria

13,560

+316

319

+24

6,064

7,177

261

1,506

35

134,743

14,961

Europe

Africa

13,539

+659

697

+65

2,237

10,605

153

Africa

Russia

11,917

+1,786

94

+18

795

11,028

8

82

0.6

1,090,000

7,469

Europe

S. Korea

10,450

+27

208

+4

7,117

3,125

55

204

4

503,051

9,812

Asia

Israel

10,408

+440

95

+9

1,183

9,130

124

1,202

11

117,339

13,557

Asia

Sweden

9,685

+544

870

+77

381

8,434

749

959

86

54,700

5,416

Europe

Ireland

8,089

+1,515

287

+24

25

7,777

194

1,638

58

53,000

10,734

Europe

Oceania

7,608

+131

56

+4

3,515

4,037

79

Australia/Oceania

India

7,600

+875

249

+22

774

6,577

6

0.2

189,111

137

Asia

Ecuador

7,161

+2,196

297

+25

368

6,496

171

406

17

21,568

1,222

South America

Chile

6,501

+529

65

+8

1,571

4,865

70

340

3

72,797

3,808

South America

Norway

6,314

+95

113

+5

32

6,169

70

1,165

21

123,170

22,720

Europe

Australia

6,238

+86

54

+3

3,141

3,043

74

245

2

338,346

13,269

Australia/Oceania

Japan

6,005

+658

99

685

5,221

109

47

0.8

64,387

509

Asia

Poland

5,955

+380

181

+7

318

5,456

160

157

5

118,295

3,126

Europe

Peru

5,897

+641

169

+31

1,569

4,159

130

179

5

56,681

1,719

South America

Denmark

5,819

+184

247

+10

1,773

3,799

113

1,005

43

64,731

11,176

Europe

Czechia

5,732

+163

119

+7

346

5,267

98

535

11

114,854

10,725

Europe

Romania

5,467

+265

270

+22

729

4,468

183

284

14

55,430

2,881

Europe

Pakistan

4,695

+206

66

+1

727

3,902

45

21

0.3

54,706

248

Asia

Malaysia

4,346

+118

70

+3

1,830

2,446

69

134

2

69,675

2,153

Asia

Philippines

4,195

+119

221

+18

140

3,834

1

38

2

24,500

224

Asia

Saudi Arabia

3,651

+364

47

+3

685

2,919

57

105

1

115,585

3,320

Asia

Indonesia

3,512

+219

306

+26

282

2,924

13

1

17,679

65

Asia

Mexico

3,441

+260

194

+20

633

2,614

89

27

2

31,492

244

North America

UAE

3,360

+370

16

+2

418

2,926

1

340

2

593,095

59,967

Asia

Luxembourg

3,223

+108

54

+2

500

2,669

30

5,149

86

28,273

45,166

Europe

Serbia

3,105

+238

71

+5

118

2,916

136

355

8

14,240

1,630

Europe

Panama

2,974

+222

74

+8

17

2,883

104

689

17

11,776

2,729

North America

Finland

2,769

+164

48

+6

300

2,421

82

500

9

41,200

7,436

Europe

Dominican Republic

2,620

+271

126

+8

98

2,396

147

242

12

7,936

732

North America

Qatar

2,512

+136

6

227

2,279

37

872

2

45,339

15,737

Asia

Colombia

2,473

+250

80

+11

197

2,196

85

49

2

37,593

739

South America

Thailand

2,473

+50

33

+1

1,013

1,427

61

35

0.5

71,860

1,030

Asia

Ukraine

2,203

+311

69

+12

61

2,073

33

50

2

23,522

538

Europe

Singapore

2,108

+198

7

+1

492

1,609

29

360

1

72,680

12,423

Asia

Greece

2,011

+56

92

+5

269

1,650

77

193

9

35,532

3,409

Europe

South Africa

2,003

+69

24

+6

410

1,569

7

34

0.4

73,028

1,231

Africa

Belarus

1,981

+495

19

+3

169

1,793

72

210

2

53,000

5,609

Europe

Argentina

1,975

+81

82

+3

375

1,518

96

44

2

16,379

362

South America

Egypt

1,794

+95

135

+17

384

1,275

18

1

25,000

244

Africa

Algeria

1,761

+95

256

+21

405

1,100

46

40

6

3,359

77

Africa

Iceland

1,675

+27

7

+1

751

917

11

4,909

21

34,125

100,002

Europe

Croatia

1,495

+88

21

+1

231

1,243

34

364

5

14,612

3,559

Europe

Morocco

1,448

+74

107

+10

122

1,219

1

39

3

7,239

196

Africa

Moldova

1,438

+149

29

56

1,353

80

356

7

6,271

1,555

Europe

New Zealand

1,283

+44

2

+1

373

908

5

266

0.4

55,685

11,548

Australia/Oceania

Iraq

1,279

+47

70

+1

550

659

32

2

32,158

800

Asia

Estonia

1,258

+51

24

93

1,141

9

948

18

27,883

21,019

Europe

Hungary

1,190

+210

77

+11

112

1,001

17

123

8

29,948

3,100

Europe

Slovenia

1,160

+36

45

+2

137

978

36

558

22

33,047

15,896

Europe

Lithuania

999

+44

22

+6

54

923

14

367

8

36,051

13,243

Europe

Kuwait

993

+83

1

123

869

26

233

0.2

Asia

Azerbaijan

991

+65

10

+1

159

822

27

98

1.0

61,342

6,050

Asia

Hong Kong

990

+16

4

309

677

15

132

0.5

96,709

12,900

Asia

Armenia

937

+16

12

+2

149

776

30

316

4

6,081

2,052

Asia

Bahrain

925

+38

6

+1

539

380

3

544

4

57,681

33,899

Asia

Bosnia and Herzegovina

901

+43

36

+1

129

736

4

275

11

6,911

2,106

Europe

Cameroon

820

+17

12

98

710

31

0.5

Africa

Kazakhstan

812

+31

10

+2

64

738

21

43

0.5

61,955

3,300

Asia

721

13

619

89

10

Slovakia

715

+14

2

23

690

5

131

0.4

22,957

4,205

Europe

Diamond Princess

712

11

619

82

10

North Macedonia

711

+48

32

+2

41

638

15

341

15

6,571

3,154

Europe

Tunisia

671

+28

25

25

621

78

57

2

10,087

853

Africa

Bulgaria

635

+17

25

+1

54

556

33

91

4

18,502

2,663

Europe

Uzbekistan

624

+42

3

42

579

8

19

0.09

70,000

2,091

Asia

Latvia

612

+23

3

16

593

3

324

2

26,656

14,132

Europe

Lebanon

609

+27

20

+1

76

513

28

89

3

13,530

1,982

Asia

Andorra

601

+18

26

+1

71

504

17

7,778

337

1,673

21,653

Europe

Cyprus

595

+31

10

58

527

11

493

8

16,308

13,507

Asia

Cuba

564

+49

15

51

498

11

50

1

12,023

1,061

North America

Costa Rica

558

+19

3

42

513

13

110

0.6

6,298

1,236

North America

Afghanistan

521

+37

15

32

474

13

0.4

Asia

Oman

484

+27

3

109

372

3

95

0.6

Asia

Ivory Coast

480

+36

3

54

423

18

0.1

Africa

Uruguay

473

+17

7

206

260

13

136

2

6,856

1,974

South America

Burkina Faso

448

+5

26

+2

149

273

21

1

Africa

Niger

438

+28

11

41

386

18

0.5

4,298

178

Africa

Bangladesh

424

+94

27

+6

33

364

1

3

0.2

7,359

45

Asia

Albania

416

+7

23

182

211

7

145

8

3,385

1,176

Europe

Channel Islands

398

+37

9

+1

40

349

2,289

52

1,157

6,655

Europe

Honduras

382

+39

23

7

352

10

39

2

1,600

162

North America

Taiwan

382

+2

6

+1

91

285

16

0.3

43,886

1,843

Asia

Réunion

382

+20

40

342

3

427

Africa

Ghana

378

6

4

368

2

12

0.2

37,405

1,204

Africa

Jordan

372

7

170

195

5

36

0.7

17,000

1,666

Asia

Malta

350

+13

2

16

332

4

793

5

13,732

31,100

Europe

San Marino

344

+11

34

50

260

14

10,138

1,002

846

24,933

Europe

Mauritius

318

+4

9

+2

23

286

3

250

7

6,730

5,292

Africa

Nigeria

305

+17

7

58

240

2

1

0.03

5,000

24

Africa

Kyrgyzstan

298

+18

5

+1

35

258

5

46

0.8

9,618

1,474

Asia

Bolivia

268

+4

19

+1

2

247

3

23

2

591

51

South America

Palestine

267

+4

2

+1

45

220

52

0.4

16,068

3,150

Asia

Senegal

265

+15

2

137

126

1

16

0.1

Africa

Montenegro

257

+5

2

4

251

7

409

3

2,329

3,708

Europe

Vietnam

257

+2

144

113

8

3

118,807

1,221

Asia

Georgia

234

+16

3

54

177

6

59

0.8

3,271

820

Asia

DRC

223

+43

20

+2

16

187

2

0.2

Africa

Guinea

212

+18

15

197

16

Africa

Isle of Man

201

+11

1

103

97

11

2,364

12

1,934

22,744

Europe

Mayotte

191

+7

2

50

139

4

700

7

1,300

4,765

Africa

Sri Lanka

190

7

54

129

5

9

0.3

3,248

152

Asia

Kenya

189

+5

7

22

160

2

4

0.1

5,278

98

Africa

Faeroe Islands

184

145

39

3,766

5,408

110,677

Europe

Venezuela

175

+4

9

84

82

6

6

0.3

139,282

4,898

South America

Martinique

155

+1

6

50

99

19

413

16

North America

Djibouti

150

+10

1

36

113

152

1

3,740

3,785

Africa

Guadeloupe

143

8

67

68

13

357

20

North America

Brunei

136

+1

1

99

36

3

311

2

9,342

21,354

Asia

Paraguay

129

+5

6

+1

18

105

1

18

0.8

2,262

317

South America

Gibraltar

127

+4

69

58

1

3,770

1,543

45,799

Europe

Guatemala

126

+31

3

17

106

3

7

0.2

1,134

63

North America

Cambodia

119

72

47

1

7

5,768

345

Asia

Rwanda

118

+5

7

111

9

806

62

Africa

El Salvador

117

+14

6

15

96

4

18

0.9

North America

Trinidad and Tobago

109

8

1

100

78

6

1,045

747

North America

Madagascar

93

11

82

1

3

Africa

Monaco

90

+6

1

5

84

4

2,293

25

Europe

Mali

87

+13

7

22

58

4

0.3

Africa

Aruba

86

+4

27

59

805

1,058

9,910

North America

French Guiana

83

43

40

1

278

South America

Liechtenstein

79

+1

1

55

23

2,072

26

900

23,605

Europe

Togo

76

+3

3

25

48

9

0.4

2,069

250

Africa

Barbados

67

+1

4

+1

11

52

4

233

14

736

2,561

North America

Ethiopia

65

+9

3

+1

4

58

1

0.6

0.03

3,232

28

Africa

Jamaica

63

4

13

46

21

1

907

306

North America

Congo

60

5

5

50

11

0.9

Africa

Uganda

53

53

1

3,310

72

Africa

French Polynesia

51

51

182

744

2,649

Australia/Oceania

Sint Maarten

50

+7

8

+2

3

39

2

1,166

187

134

3,125

North America

Bermuda

48

4

25

19

2

771

64

354

5,684

North America

Cayman Islands

45

1

6

38

685

15

479

7,288

North America

Macao

45

10

35

1

69

Asia

Gabon

44

1

1

42

20

0.4

Africa

Bahamas

42

+1

8

5

29

1

107

20

North America

Zambia

40

+1

2

+1

25

13

1

2

0.1

1,239

67

Africa

Guyana

37

6

8

23

4

47

8

145

184

South America

Liberia

37

+6

5

+1

3

29

7

1.0

Africa

Guinea-Bissau

36

36

18

1,500

762

Africa

Benin

35

+9

1

5

29

3

0.08

Africa

Eritrea

34

+1

34

10

Africa

Tanzania

32

+7

3

+2

5

24

0.5

0.05

Africa

Saint Martin

32

2

11

19

5

828

52

North America

Haiti

31

+1

2

29

3

0.2

365

32

North America

Myanmar

27

+4

3

2

22

0.5

0.06

1,406

26

Asia

Libya

24

1

8

15

3

0.1

492

72

Africa

Antigua and Barbuda

21

+2

2

19

1

214

20

40

408

North America

Somalia

21

+9

1

1

19

1

0.06

Africa

Mozambique

20

+3

2

18

0.6

483

15

Africa

Angola

19

2

2

15

0.6

0.06

Africa

Syria

19

2

4

13

1

0.1

Asia

Maldives

19

13

6

35

Asia

Equatorial Guinea

18

3

15

13

854

609

Africa

New Caledonia

18

1

17

63

2,608

9,135

Australia/Oceania

Sudan

17

+2

2

2

13

0.4

0.05

Africa

Dominica

16

+1

5

11

222

309

4,293

North America

Fiji

16

+1

16

18

Australia/Oceania

Laos

16

16

2

1,035

142

Asia

Mongolia

16

4

12

5

Asia

Namibia

16

3

13

6

362

142

Africa

Saint Lucia

15

+1

1

14

82

North America

Curaçao

14

1

7

6

85

6

North America

Grenada

14

+2

14

2

124

92

818

North America

Zimbabwe

13

+2

3

10

0.9

0.2

438

29

Africa

Botswana

13

1

12

6

0.4

1,154

491

Africa

Saint Kitts and Nevis

12

+1

12

226

205

3,853

North America

St. Vincent Grenadines

12

1

11

108

56

505

North America

Eswatini

12

7

5

10

Africa

Chad

11

2

9

0.7

Africa

Greenland

11

11

0

194

770

13,564

North America

Seychelles

11

11

112

Africa

Belize

10

+1

2

+1

8

1

25

5

364

915

North America

Suriname

10

1

4

5

17

2

South America

MS Zaandam

9

2

7

Malawi

9

+1

1

8

1

0.5

0.05

Africa

Nepal

9

1

8

0.3

3,524

121

Asia

Montserrat

9

9

1

1,803

36

7,212

North America

Turks and Caicos

8

1

7

207

26

61

1,576

North America

CAR

8

8

2

Africa

Vatican City

8

2

6

9,988

Europe

Sierra Leone

8

+1

8

1

Africa

Cabo Verde

7

1

1

5

13

2

Africa

Mauritania

7

1

2

4

2

0.2

380

82

Africa

Nicaragua

7

1

6

1

0.2

North America

St. Barth

6

1

5

607

North America

Bhutan

5

2

3

6

1,166

1,511

Asia

Falkland Islands

5

1

4

1,437

137

39,368

South America

Gambia

4

1

2

1

2

0.4

Africa

Sao Tome and Principe

4

4

18

19

87

Africa

South Sudan

4

+1

4

0.4

Africa

Western Sahara

4

4

7

Africa

Anguilla

3

3

200

North America

British Virgin Islands

3

3

99

North America

Burundi

3

3

0.3

Africa

Caribbean Netherlands

2

2

76

10

381

North America

Papua New Guinea

2

2

0.2

72

8

Australia/Oceania

Timor-Leste

2

+1

1

1

2

Asia

Saint Pierre Miquelon

1

1

173

North America

Yemen

1

+1

1

0.03

Asia

Total:

275,041

+11,144

10,224

+328

133,960

130,857

6,575

Asia

Total:

536,841

+36,063

19,822

+2,135

34,452

482,567

11,906

North America

Total:

820,109

+41,257

70,063

+4,245

196,782

553,264

30,232

Europe

Total:

44,976

+5,371

1,809

+194

4,619

38,548

876

South America

Total:

7,608

+131

56

+4

3,515

4,037

79

Australia/Oceania

Total:

13,539

+659

697

+65

2,237

10,605

153

Africa

Total:

721

13

619

89

10

Total:

1,698,835

+94,625

102,684

+6,971

376,184

1,219,967

49,831

217.9

13.2

All

Highlighted in green

= all cases have recovered from the infection

Highlighted in grey

= all cases have had an outcome (there are no active cases)  

Source: https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/

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