The World Hea..h ---anisation (WHO) first reported a cluster of infectious pneumonia cases, later found to be COVID-19, on the 31st of December 2019, in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, ...na. In the months that followed, the rest of the world caught up and began announcing large numbers of COVID-19 cases and deaths. But ...na, where the virus is predicted to have originated seemed to get the pandemic under control much more quickly than other countries as a resu.. of a fast response, strict nationwide lockdown and screening measures.The graph above ---pares the number of COVID-19 cases, deaths and recovered patients in the top 10 GDP countries worldwide, as of the 15th of February 2021. At the time of writing, the USA has had more than 29 Million cases and half a million deaths, which is more than 100 times ....er than the death figure reported by ...na, India, who had taken over the UK’s spot as the 5th largest economy in the world in 2019, is another country which has been badly affected by the pandemic. With 10,919,616 cases and 155,789 deaths, their economy has taken a hit and slipped behind, and are now not due to take back their p---e until 2024. ----s----financer.---- Generally, East and South East Asia have been praised for their approach to handling the pandemic and getting it under control more successfully than the rest of the world. Many people put this down to their previous experience with the SARS outbreak between 2002 and 2004. However, consistent advice, swift action and stricter government intervention also played a role. Whatever the reason, experts predict that the many Asian countries who were able to return to normal more quickly will have a financial advantage over the parts of the world that were not.