Lila Blanks holds the casket of her husband, Gregory Blanks, 50, who died of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), ahead of his funeral in San Felipe, Texas, US, Jan 26, 2021. [Photo/Agencies]
United States hits No 1 after metrics change; lockdown severity weighs against others
Bloomberg s latest COVID Resilience Ranking , which scored the United States highest in the world for its return to normal life amid the pandemic, has generated controversy.
While Bloomberg put the US－which has recorded the most COVID-19 deaths in the world－at No 1 on its latest ranking of the world s 53 largest economies, China was ranked eighth, Australia seventh and Japan 23rd－although those three nations have often been praised for their COVID-19 measures.