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. 2020 Jun 16;12(8):726–730. doi: 10.1136/neurintsurg-2020-016349

Table 1.

Countries with five or more survey participants with national infection rates and expectations on the time to re-commence to full capacity of non-emergency procedures

Survey participants COVID-19 infections* Expected duration to re-commence to full capacity (%)
Total (n) April 2, 2020 April 20, 2020 Not stopped <3 months 3–6 months 6–12 months >12 months Unclear
USA 166 74 145 0% 65% 30% 3% 0% 2%
Japan 41 2 9 5% 45% 31% 10% 2% 7%
Spain 37 238 426 0% 68% 27% 0% 0% 5%
Germany 22 78 177 0% 41% 41% 5% 14% 0%
Italy 18 192 302 0% 33% 61% 0% 0% 6%
Argentina 15 3 7 0% 80% 20% 0% 0% 0%
France 14 85 233 0% 50% 43% 0% 0% 7%
UK 12 45 188 0% 0% 83% 0% 0% 17%
Brazil 9 4 20 0% 44% 44% 0% 11% 0%
S. Korea 9 19 21 44% 11% 11% 22% 0% 11%
India 8 0 1 0% 88% 13% 0% 0% 0%
Australia 6 20 26 0% 0% 50% 50% 0% 0%
Canada 6 29 100 0% 50% 17% 0% 0% 33%
Chile 6 16 58 0% 17% 83% 0% 0% 0%
Portugal 6 90 210 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0%
Sweden 6 60 150 0% 17% 67% 17% 0% 0%
Turkey 6 22 111 0% 33% 33% 33% 0% 0%
Colombia 5 3 8 0% 80% 0% 20% 0% 0%
Switzerland 5 211 311 0% 20% 60% 0% 0% 20%

*Confirmed COVID-19 infections per 100 000 inhabitants at the beginning and end of survey period (source: https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/map.html).