Table 1.

Eligibility criteria for article selection

Inclusion	Exclusion
Peer-reviewed and published works	Non-English peer-reviewed studies, news articles and government press releases
News articles
Government press releases
Peer-reviewed studies, articles and press releases that highlight any aspect of a country’s preparedness and response to the pandemic	Peer-reviewed studies, data, news articles and government press releases that are not from the following countries: Canada, United States (US), Spain, Taiwan, Singapore, China and South Korea
Peer- reviewed studies, news articles and government press releases from Canada
Peer-reviewed studies, news articles and government press releases from the following countries: United States of Amerika, Spain, Taiwan, Singapore, China, and South Korea