Table 3.

Sample calculation of country risk score for Australia as of October 6, 2021.

		Value	Categorized	Normalized	Weight	Weighted
Pillar 1	Cases per million population, 7-day average	82.6		0.08	5	0.38
	Change in cases per million population vs. past 14 days	17.4	1	0.50	3	1.50
	Weighted score: Incidence of cases					1.88
Pillar 2	Test positivity rate %, 7-day average	1.10		0.02	5	0.11
	Test per 100 population 7-day average	0.77		0.23	3	0.69
	(Mis)trust in COVID-19 info from the govt. %	55.8		0.47	1	0.47
	Weighted score: Reliability of case data					1.28
Pillar 3	Population not fully vaccinated %	52.3		0.52	5	2.62
	Case fatality rate %, 7-day average	0.82		0.05	2	0.09
	Weighted score: Vaccination					2.71
Pillar 4	Genome sequence samples to 14-day cases ratio	0.76	1		3	3.00
	Genome sequence reporting delay in days	0.00	0		2	0.00
	Presence of very high priority variant of concern	0.00	0		5	0.00
	Weighted score: Variants of concern					3.00
Overall	Pillar 1: Incidence of cases	1.88		0.23	1	0.23
	Pillar 2: Reliability of case data	1.28		0.15	1	0.15
	Pillar 3: Vaccination	2.71		0.39	5	1.94
	Pillar 4: Variant surveillance	3.00		0.30	3	0.90
	Weighted overall score					3.23
	Overall country risk score	3.23		0.31