Sri Lanka has been ranked in the top 20 countries faced with a high risk of the COVID-19 pandemic by Deep Knowledge Ventures, a Hong Kong-based venture capital fund that targets health care and longevity technology which has been evaluating the crisis performance of 150 countries and territories in an ongoing project.
The COVID-19 Risk Ranking Framework conducts benchmarking of countries according to 24 parameters grouped into 4 major categories:
- Infection Spread Risk
- Government Management
- Healthcare Efficiency
- Regional Specific Risks
Accordingly Sri Lanka was ranked 16 out of 150 countries as per the Risk Ranking Framework indicating a high risk.
Dmitry Kaminskiy, DKV's founder and managing partner pointed out that these countries are likely to face "quite negative dynamics" in the coming weeks, lamenting the "inefficiency of government management."
Kaminskiy said India's roughly 10,000 cases and 300 deaths are "quite good" numbers given the population. Even so, and despite an ambitious lockdown, he finds it "a little bit of a mystery why the country is not yet affected" more seriously given poor sanitation and stretched resources.
Meanwhile, The COVID-19 Safety Ranking Framework conducted benchmarking to determine levels of health and safety for each country during the pandemic.
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