Why has eastern Europe suffered less from coronavirus than the west?
by Shaun Walker in Budapest and Helena Smith in Athen from Science | The Guardian on (#5328D)
Most important reason for discrepancy appears to be implementation of early lockdown
The coronavirus map of Europe makes one thing clear: the richer nations of western Europe have suffered more from the virus than countries in the eastern half of the EU, almost without exceptions.
Comparing figures from different countries can be fraught with difficulty, and many factors can potentially skew the numbers. But the comparison between western Europe on the one hand, and central and eastern Europe on the other, shows a difference in coronavirus rates that is too stark to ignore.
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