Table 2 COVID-19 pandemic response in Turkey, Egypt, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, and Poland. Coordination, test and treatment capacity, non-pharmaceutical interventions for COVID-19 response in Turkey, Egypt, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, and Poland were summarised. The border control, duration of school closure, and internal financial resource allocation for health care in five countries were also summarized. Ukraine received large financial aid from the United Nations, the World Bank
Turkey | Egypt | Ukraine | Kazakhstan | Poland | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
National coordination | Yes | - | with WHO | Yes | - |
since Jan 2020- | since May 2020- | since Jan 2020- | |||
Existed legislation | Plan for pandemic influenza 2019 | - | - | - | Infectious disease act 2008 |
COVID-19 dedicated facility and beds | 563 (~ 1200) Hospitals | 750 Hospitals | 582 Hospitals | one mobile hospital | 19 Hospitals |
35,152 beds | 53, 445 beds | 8,000 beds | |||
PCR test capacity | 453 labs | 40 labs | - | - | - |
150,000 tests per day | |||||
Lockdown measure | > 65 or < 20 yrs old | Night-time | full | full | full |
Mar 2020- | Mar-Jun, 2020 | Mar-Jun, 2020 | Mar-Jun, 2020 | Mar 2020- | |
Weekend & holiday | No-daytime restriction | Weekend | |||
Apr 2020- | Jun 2020- | ||||
Public entities / leisure places closure * | Yes Mar 2020- | Yes Mar-May, 2020 | Yes Mar-May, 2020 | Yes Mar-May, 2020 | Yes Mar 2020- |
Mask wearing in public place | Yes | Yes | Yes Apr 2020- | Yes Jul 2020 - | Yes Apr 2020- |
Border closure | partial | complete | complete | complete | partial |
Mar-Jun, 2020 | |||||
domestic travel ban | partial | domestic travel ban | domestic travel ban | ||
Jun 2020- | |||||
School closure | 49 weeks | 19 weeks | 28 weeks | 43 weeks | 43 weeks |
Finance for healthcare | - | - | UAH 1.25 billion | KZT 17 billion | PLN 7.5 billion |
US$ 45.2 million | US$ 3.9 million | US$ 2.0 billion |