The transformation from Pandemic to Endemic of Covid-19: Spatio-temporal Analysis of Citizen Mobility in Asia Countries

Abstract

Covid-19 began in 2019 until now in 2022. It is still taking place in various countries, including Asia. It is necessary to lock down or limit citizens' activities to prevent the virus's spread. The imposition of lockdowns for several countries causes the mobility of citizens to be modified in many sectors. However, with vaccination in stages starting in 2021, people will become more resistant to the risk of being exposed to or dying from Covid-19. The process of transforming the return of activity before the pandemic needs to be observed, especially how countries' readiness, especially in Asia, to accept Covid-19 as endemic. The data used in this study are data on Covid-19 cases and Vaccinations by WHO (World Health Organization) and also Mobility Data from Google. This data will be used to conduct observations and Spatio-temporal analysis to see the development of cases, vaccinations, and mobility of citizens for various sectors. This research will include several stages of study, such as descriptive statistics, correlation analysis, and the last is trend analysis. The results of this study for countries in Asia are 21.87% have mobility above the baseline since 2021. Next, 46.87% of countries in Asia have mobility, with an increasing trend in 2022. Only 18.75% of countries in Asia have stable mobility. Below the baseline, there are also about 12.5% of countries in Asia that are around the baseline. In general, countries in Asia have an excellent response to the imposition of an endemic status for Covid-19.